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Wambrook

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“WAMBROOK, a parish in the hundred of Beaminster-Forum, Bridport division of county Dorset, 2 miles S.W. of Chard, its post town, and 12 from Lyme Regis. The village is situated on the river Ketbridge, near the great western road from London, and is nearly surrounded by Somersetshire. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Sarum, value £262. The church is dedicated to St. Mary, and was anciently a chapel-of-ease to the vicarage of Chardstock."

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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Description & Travel

  • A description of Wambrook from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"WAMBROOK, a parish in the hundred of Beaminster-Forum, Bridport division of county Dorset, 2 miles S.W. of Chard, its post town, and 12 from Lyme Regis. The village is situated on the river Ketbridge, near the great western road from London, and is nearly surrounded by Somersetshire. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Sarum, value £262. The church is dedicated to St. Mary, and was anciently a chapel-of-ease to the vicarage of Chardstock."

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