Place:Gillingham, Dorset, England

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NameGillingham
Alt namesGelingehasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 94
Gelingehamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 94
TypeTown
Coordinates51.037913°N 2.278272°W
Located inDorset, England
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Gillingham is a town in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. The town is the most northerly in the county. It is 4 miles south of the A303 lying on the B3095 and B3081. The town of Shaftesbury is 5 miles to the south east. Neighbouring hamlets included Peacemarsh, Bay and Wyke. These hamlets have now however become part of Gillingham as it expanded.

Gillingham is pronounced with a hard initial 'G' as in 'gas', unlike Gillingham, Kent, whose initial 'G' is pronounced like the 'J' in the name 'Jill'.

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