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“UPWAY, a parish in the Dorchester division of county Dorset, 4 miles S.W. of Dorchester, its post town, and 4 N.W. of Weymouth. The parish includes the liberty of Wabyhouse and the tythings of Elwell and Scottingway. The village is situated on the Downs near Windbatch Hill, at the foot of which rises a spring, the source of the river Wye. There are quarries of excellent building stone. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Sarum, value £269, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, has a painted E. window, and has been recently repaired. The parochial charities produce about £2 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. The Independents have a chapel. H. C. Goodden, Esq., is lord of the manor."
"ELWELL, a hamlet in the parish of Upway, county Dorset, 4 miles S.W. of Dorchester."
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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 Upwey (St. Laurence) on his Dorset Churches website
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"ELWELL, a hamlet in the parish of Upway, county Dorset, 4 miles S.W. of Dorchester."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Upway to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Upwey pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY669849 (Lat/Lon: 50.66301, -2.469263), Upway 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.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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