Athelhampton
Sign in to saveAthelhampton (also known as Admiston or Adminston) is a settlement in the civil parish of Athelhampton and Puddletown, in Dorset, England, situated approximately east of Dorchester. It consists of a manor house and a former Church of England parish church. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish is 30. On 1 April 2024 the parish was abolished and merged with Puddletown to form "Athelhampton and Puddletown".
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Athelhampton House - geograph.org.uk - 1223982.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Athelhampton House
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.population
- 30
- UK place.population_ref
- (2013 estimate)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Athelhampton and Puddletown
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- Dorchester
- UK place.postcode_district
- DT2
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Dorset
- Population
- +33
- Image
- Athelhampton House the South Front - geograph.org.uk - 811811.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Manor
- Athelhampton Hall
- Gardens at Athelhampton House
- Parish church
- Railway locomotive
- Filming location
- References
- Sources
- External links
Athelhampton (also known as Admiston or Adminston) is a settlement in the civil parish of Athelhampton and Puddletown, in Dorset, England, situated approximately east of Dorchester. It consists of a manor house and a former Church of England parish church. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish is 30. On 1 April 2024 the parish was abolished and merged with Puddletown to form "Athelhampton and Puddletown".
==Manor== The Domesday Book records that in 1086 the Bishop of Salisbury, with Odbold as tenant, held the manor, then called Pidele. The name Aethelhelm appears in the 13th century, when Athelhampton belonged to the de Loundres family. In 1350 Richard Martyn married the de Pydele heiress, and their descendant Sir William Martin received licence to enclose of land to form a deer park and a licence to fortify the manor.