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The following description of Burleston (#4 on the map) from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).
- "BURLESTONE, a parish in Dorchester [registration] district, Dorset; on the river Piddle, 4 miles NNW of Moreton [railway] station, and 7 ENE of Dorchester. Post Town: Piddletown, under Dorchester. Acres: 374. Real property: £561. Population: 45. Houses: 7. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Athelampstone, in the diocese of Salisbury.
The Wikipedia article is very brief.
Governance
Burleston was originally a parish in the Puddletown Hundred, one of the hundreds or early subdivisions of the county of Dorset. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of the Dorchester Rural District.
In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, all urban and rural districts across England were abolished and counties were reorganized into metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts. Burleston joined the non-metropolitan West Dorset District.
Under the local government reforms adopted on 1 April 2019, West Dorset District was abolished, and the county of Dorset (excluding Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole) became a single unitary authority. The area is now administered by Dorset Council.
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