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Shipton Gorge
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“SHIPTON GORGE, a parochial chapelry in the hundred of Godderthorne, Bridport division of county Dorset, 3 miles E. of Bridport, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. The parish contains Broad Sturthill. There are some remains of the ancient manor house. The living is a curacy annexed to the rectory of Burton-Bradstock, in the diocese of Sarum. The church, dedicated to St. Martin, is an ancient edifice with a low embattled tower. The Earl of Ilchester is lord of the manor."
"STURTHILL BROAD, a tything in the parish of Shipton Gorge, county Dorset, 3 miles E. of Bridport."
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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 Shipton Gorge (St. Mary) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of Shipton Gorge 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
"STURTHILL BROAD, a tything in the parish of Shipton Gorge, county Dorset, 3 miles E. of Bridport."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Shipton Gorge to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Shipton Gorge pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY497916 (Lat/Lon: 50.721835, -2.71393), Shipton Gorge which are provided by:
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- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- 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.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.