Hartgrove, Dorset
Historical Description
Hartgrove, a tithing in Fontmell Magna parish, Dorsetshire, 3½ miles SSW of Shaftesbury.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Dorsetshire | |
Civil parish | Fontmell Magna | |
Diocese | Bristol | 1542 - 1836 |
Diocese | Salisbury | 1836 - |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Hartgrove from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hartgrove)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Dorset is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Hartgrove are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)