Sutton Waldron
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Sutton Waldron is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the A350 road between Iwerne Minster and Fontmell Magna, in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 8 miles (13 kilometres) north of Blandford Forum and 5 miles (8 kilometres) south of Shaftesbury. In the 2011 census the parish had 93 dwellings,[1] 87 households and a population of 200.[2]
The parish covers about 1,300 acres (530 hectares) in a strip of land that, from west to east, is composed of Kimmeridge clay, Lower Greensand, Gault Clay, Upper Greensand and chalk.[3]
In 1086 in the Domesday Book, Sutton Waldron was recorded as Sudtone;[4] it had 24 households, one mill, six ploughlands, 6 acres (2.4 hectares) of meadow and 40 acres (16 hectares) of woodland. It was in the hundred of Gillingham and the lord and tenant-in-chief was Waleran the hunter.[5]
The parish church dates from 1847 and is constructed in the Decorated Gothic style.[6]
References
- ^ "Area: Sutton Waldron (Parish). Dwellings, Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2011 (KS401EW)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Area: Sutton Waldron (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "'Sutton Waldron', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 4, North (London, 1972), pp. 84-88". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Dorset S-Z". The Domesday Book Online. domesdaybook.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Place: Sutton [Waldron]". Open Domesday. domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ North Dorset District Council (1982–83). North Dorset District Official Guide. Home Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 49.
External links
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Towns, villages and hamlets in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England
- Anderson
- Ansty
- Ashmore
- Bagber
- Belchalwell
- Blandford Forum
- Blandford St Mary
- Bourton
- Bryanston
- Buckhorn Weston
- Cann
- Charlton Marshall
- Chettle
- Child Okeford
- Compton Abbas
- Durweston
- East Orchard
- East Stour
- Farnham
- Fifehead Magdalen
- Fifehead Neville
- Fontmell Magna
- Gillingham
- Glanvilles Wootton
- Hammoon
- Hazelbury Bryan
- Hilton
- Hinton St Mary
- Ibberton
- Iwerne Courtney
- Iwerne Minster
- Kington Magna
- Langton Long Blandford
- Lydlinch
- Manston
- Mappowder
- Margaret Marsh
- Marnhull
- Melbury Abbas
- Milborne St Andrew
- Milton Abbas
- Motcombe
- Okeford Fitzpaine
- Pimperne
- Pulham
- Shaftesbury
- Shillingstone
- Silton
- Spetisbury
- Stalbridge
- Stoke Wake
- Stourpaine
- Stour Provost
- Stour Row
- Stourton Caundle
- Sturminster Newton
- Sutton Waldron
- Tarrant Crawford
- Tarrant Gunville
- Tarrant Hinton
- Tarrant Keyneston
- Tarrant Launceston
- Tarrant Monkton
- Tarrant Rawston
- Tarrant Rushton
- Todber
- Turnworth
- West Orchard
- West Stour
- Winterborne Clenston
- Winterborne Houghton
- Winterborne Kingston
- Winterborne Stickland
- Winterborne Whitechurch
- Winterborne Zelston
- Woolland
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