Duntish, Dorset

Historical Description

Duntish, a tithing in Buckland-Newton parish, Dorsetshire, 3½ miles NE of Cerne-Abbas. A Roman camp of 10 acres is here, and has yielded Roman coins and arms.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Duntish from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Duntish)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Dorset is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Duntish 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)