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“WEST COMPTON, (or Compton Abbas), a parish in the hundred of Cerne, in the county of Dorset, 7 miles E. of Bridport, and 3 S. of Maiden Newton, its post town and railway station. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, value £150, in the patronage of R. Williams, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a small edifice. The manor formerly belonged to Milton Abbey.
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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
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| West Compton, Church of England |
- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for West Compton (St Michael) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of West Compton 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
"WEST COMPTON, (or Compton Abbas), a parish in the hundred of Cerne, in the county of Dorset, 7 miles E. of Bridport, and 3 S. of Maiden Newton, its post town and railway station. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, value £150, in the patronage of R. Williams, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a small edifice. The manor formerly belonged to Milton Abbey.
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