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Chetnole

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Also known as Chetnole, Dorset

Chetnole is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies approximately south-southwest of Sherborne and southeast of Yeovil in Somerset. It is sited on Oxford clay by the small Wriggle River at the western end of the Blackmore Vale. There are around 128 houses in the village. It has a railway station on the Heart of Wessex Line that is served by Great Western Railway services. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the parish was 330. In the 2011 census the population of Chetnole parish combined with the small parish of Stockwood to the

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Place details

Locality
Chetnole
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
344

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Key facts

UK place.official_name
Chetnole
UK place.country
England
UK place.region
South West England
UK place.static_image_name
St Peter's Church, Chetnole - geograph.org.uk - 234705.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Parish church of St Peter
UK place.population
330
UK place.os_grid_reference
ST602080
UK place.post_town
Sherborne
UK place.postcode_area
DT
UK place.postcode_district
DT9
UK place.constituency_westminster
West Dorset
UK place.unitary_england
Dorset
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Dorset

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Governance
  • Geography
  • Amenities
  • Chetnole Railway Station
  • John Hewlett
  • References
  • External links

Chetnole is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies approximately south-southwest of Sherborne and southeast of Yeovil in Somerset. It is sited on Oxford clay by the small Wriggle River at the western end of the Blackmore Vale. There are around 128 houses in the village. It has a railway station on the Heart of Wessex Line that is served by Great Western Railway services. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the parish was 330. In the 2011 census the population of Chetnole parish combined with the small parish of Stockwood to the west was 344.

Chetnole was not recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chetnole” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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