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“LONGBURTON, a parish in the hundred of Sherborne, county Dorset, 2 miles S.E. of Sherborne, its post town, and 14 N. of Dorchester. The village is situated on the main road from Bath to Weymouth. Many of the women are employed in making gloves for the Yeovil manufacturers. There are extensive quarries of limestone for building. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Salisbury, value with the perpetual curacy of Holnest annexed, £275. The church is dedicated to St. James. It contains some monuments of the Fitz James's family. The charities produce about £1 per annum. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels. There is a National school. J. S. W. S. E. Drax, Esq. is lord of the manor.
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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
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| Long Burton, Church of England |
- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Longburton (St. James the Great) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of Long Burton from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Long Burton to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Longburton pages contain many useful resources.
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