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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Hanford like this:
Hanford.-- par., N. Dorset, on river Stour, 4 miles NW. of Blandford, 460 ac., pop. 56; contains the seat of Hanford House.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Hanford by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
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