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“SPETISBURY, a parish in the hundred of Loosebarrow, county Dorset, 3 miles S.E. of Blanford, its post town, and 8 from Wimbourn. It is a station on the Dorset Central railway. The village is situated on the river Stour, and is chiefly agricultural. In the vicinity is a round camp called Spettisbury Rings, in which many Saxon antiquities have been discovered. Here was formerly a priory cell to Preaux Abbey in Normandy, founded by the Earl of Mellent in the reign of Henry I., but afterwards joined to Monks-Toft, in Norfolk. The living is a rectory,* with the curacy of Charlton Marshall annexed, in the diocese of Sarum, value £517. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was rebuilt in 1859, except the tower. The register dates from 1705. The parochial charities produce about £110, which go to Dr. Hall's and Dr. Sloper's schools. There are National and infant schools, also the convent of St. Monica. The Independents and Primitive Methodists have chapels."
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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 Spetisbury (St. John the Baptist) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of Spetisbury 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 Spetisbury to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Spetisbury pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST913024 (Lat/Lon: 50.82112, -2.12491), Spetisbury which are provided by:
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- 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.