In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Broadmayne like this:
BROADMAYNE, or Broadmoigne, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; 2 miles S of the Southwestern railway, and 4 SE of Dorchester. It has a post office under Dorchester. Acres, 2,540. Real property, £1,902. Pop., 506. Houses, 97. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of West Knighton, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is not good.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Broadmayne in West Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
Date accessed: 27th April 2017
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