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“SHILLINGSTONE, (or Shilling-okeford), a parish in the hundred of Cranborne, county Dorset, 5½ miles N.W. of Blandford Forum, and 4 E. of Sturminster. It is a station on the Somerset and Dorset railway, between Blandford and Sturminster Newton. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Stour. The land is chiefly in pasture. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £370, and the glebe comprises 71 acres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Sarum, value £460, in the patronage of Exeter College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to the Holy Rood, has a square embattled tower. There is a National school. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. In the village are traces of an ancient cross. Lord Rivers is lord of the manor.
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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
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- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Shillingstone (Holy Rood) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of Shillingstone 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 Shillingstone to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Shillingstone pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST825112 (Lat/Lon: 50.899569, -2.249537), Shillingstone which are provided by:
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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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