Dewlish
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Dewlish is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, and is situated approximately north-east of the county town Dorchester. The village is sited in the valley of the small Devil's Brook among the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs; the parish covers about and extends west to include part of the valley of the small Cheselbourne stream, and east to include a dry valley at Dennet's Bottom. The surrounding area is part of the Dorset National Landscape area. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 284.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dewlish
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Dewlish Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 113316.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Dewlish Village Hall
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.official_name
- Dewlish
- UK place.population
- 284
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- Dorchester
- UK place.postcode_area
- DT
- UK place.postcode_district
- DT2
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Dorset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SY775982
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Dorset
- Population
- 284
- Image
- Dewlish Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 113316.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dewlish
- OS grid reference
- SY775982
- P8168
- Barbary Partridge
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Dewlish House
- Church of All Saints
- History and prehistory
- Court Close
- Roman villa
- Population
- Mammoths
- References
- External links
Dewlish is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, and is situated approximately north-east of the county town Dorchester. The village is sited in the valley of the small Devil's Brook among the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs; the parish covers about and extends west to include part of the valley of the small Cheselbourne stream, and east to include a dry valley at Dennet's Bottom. The surrounding area is part of the Dorset National Landscape area. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 284.
Dewlish was also the main part of the Liberty of the same name, including Dewlish itself and a part of Milborne St Andrew.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dewlish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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