The Stour, Dorset
Historical Description
Stour, The, a river of Somerset, Dorsetshire, and Hants, rising near Stourton on the SE border of Somerset, running southward to Sturminster Newton, and proceeding south-eastward past Blandford and Wimborne Minster, to the Avon at Christchurch. Its length of course is about 55 miles.
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 | |
| Diocese | Bristol | 1542 - 1836 |
| Diocese | Salisbury | 1836 - |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Dorset is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the Dorset County Chronicle and the Sherborne Mercury online.