Gillingham, a market-town of Dorsetshire, on the Stour, 22 miles by rail W. of Salisbury. Near it are the 'Pen Pits,' thought variously to be quarry-holes or prehistoric dwellings. Pop. of parish, 4131.
Gillingham
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 212
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