The Yeo, Dorset
Historical Description
Yeo, The, a river of Dorsetshire and Somerset, rising at Seven Sisters Springs, near Milborne Port, running about 8½ miles west-by-southward past Sherborne to the vicinity of Yeovil, and going thence about 15 northward and westward, past Madford and Ilchester, to the Parret at Langport.
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.