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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Whitechurch 56 WINTERBORNE WHITECHURCH (8300) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 SW, ST 80 SE, SY 89 NW) The parish lies in … now Higher Whatcombe. Threequarters of a mile to the S. of Whatcombe lay La Lee, now Lower Whatcombe; both … was opened in 1898 by J. C. Mansel-Pleydell and W. Boyd Dawkins; the ditch was smoothed into a 'well-defined track by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 88 but in 1553 the borough again provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, … perhaps continued, 46 for the choice in 1734 of James Dawkins, a rich Jacobite, to share the representation with … grandson John Spencer was probably by agreement, since Dawkins threatened to inconvenience the earl at Oxford. 47 …