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| | Wimborne Directory 1865 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Wimborne parish contains 11,966 acres, and in 1861 a population of 4,807. |
 | | Wimborne is the head of a union of 25 parishes. |
 | | Kingston Lacy Manor embraces the hamlets of Abbott street, 2 miles N.W. from Wimborne; Badbury, 3 miles N.W., was one of the first Roman encampments in England; Barford, 3 miles w.; Barnesley, 3 miles N.; Congrove, 2 miles W.; Pamphill, 2 miles W.; and Stone. |
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