Broadwindsor
Sign in to saveBroadwindsor () is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies west of Beaminster. Broadwindsor was formerly a liberty, containing only the parish itself. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 1,320. In the 2011 census the population of the parish, combined with that of the small parish of Seaborough to the north, was 1,378.
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- St John the Baptist Parish Church, Broadwindsor.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Parish church of St John the Baptist, Broadwindsor
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Broadwindsor
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.population
- 1,320
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- Beaminster
- UK place.postcode_area
- DT
- UK place.postcode_district
- DT8
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Dorset
- Population
- +1378
- Official website
- www.broadwindsor.com
- Image
- Broadwindsor, parish church of St. John the Baptist - geograph.org.uk - 497549.jpg
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Broadwindsor () is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies west of Beaminster. Broadwindsor was formerly a liberty, containing only the parish itself. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 1,320. In the 2011 census the population of the parish, combined with that of the small parish of Seaborough to the north, was 1,378.
The parish church is principally Perpendicular in style, though it has origins in the 12th and 13th centuries, and was rebuilt in 1868. Thomas Fuller, who wrote The Worthies of England and The History of the Holy Warre, preached here between 1634 and 1650.