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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
POORSTOCK, a village and a parish in Beaminster district, Dorset. The village stands on an affluent of the river Brit, near the Brid port railway, 4 miles N E of Brid port; was once a market-town; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Brid port. The parish includes the tythings of West Milton, Mappercombe, Nettlescombe, South Poorton, Witherston, and part of Loscombe; and is a liberty. Acres, 4,078. Rated property, £4, 639. Pop., 1,067. Houses, 229. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of West Milton, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £195.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The church was rebuilt in 1866, at a cost of more than £15,000; is in the style of the 14th and 15thcenturies; and consists of nave, aisles, transept, chancel, and porch, with a tower 106 feet high. There is a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Powerstock AP/CP Beaminster RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Powerstock |
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