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“STRATTON, a parish in the hundred of George, Dorchester division of county Dorset, 3½ miles N.W. of Dorchester, its post town. The village is on the river Frome and near the Roman way to Ilchester. The parish comprises the hamlets of Wrackleford and Grimstone, at which latter place is a railway station, about one mile N.W. of the village. The living is a vicarage annexed to that of Charminster, in the diocese of Sarum. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The register dates from 1561. Wrackleford House is the principal residence."
"GRIMSTONE, a hamlet in the parish of Stratton, hundred of St. George, county Dorset, 4 miles N.W. of Dorchester. The Great Western railway has a station here."
"WRACKLEFORD, a hamlet in the parish of Stratton, county Dorset, 3 miles N.W. of Dorchester, on the river Frome."
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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 Stratton (St. Mary) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of Stratton 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
"GRIMSTONE, a hamlet in the parish of Stratton, hundred of St. George, county Dorset, 4 miles N.W. of Dorchester. The Great Western railway has a station here."
"WRACKLEFORD, a hamlet in the parish of Stratton, county Dorset, 3 miles N.W. of Dorchester, on the river Frome."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Stratton to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Stratton pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY651939 (Lat/Lon: 50.743299, -2.495441), Stratton which are provided by:
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- 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.)
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