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Wareham Lady St Mary & St Martin

Parish in the County of Dorset

Etymology

In 1894 the pars, within the borough (Holy Trinity Within, Lady St Mary Within and St Martin's Within) were combined to form the one civil par. of Lady St Mary. In the same year the out-parish of Holy Trinity and parts of Lady St Mary (S of R. Piddle or Trent) were added to Arne, and parts of St Martin and Lady St Mary (N of R. Piddle or Trent) were added to Morden. Wareham is a borough by prescription; the borough bdys were extended in 1931 to include parts of the pars, of Arne and Wareham St Martin.

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