Ibberton
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Ibberton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs, south of Sturminster Newton and west of Blandford Forum. The parish covers extending over the chalk downs that lie to the south and includes the hamlets of Leigh, and Kitford. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 101, a reduction from 134 in 2001.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ibberton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Ibberton, parish church of St. Eustace - geograph.org.uk - 513832.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Parish church of St Eustace
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Ibberton
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.population
- 101
- UK place.civil_parish
- Ibberton
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- Blandford Forum
- UK place.postcode_area
- DT
- UK place.postcode_district
- DT11
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST788077
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Ibberton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs, south of Sturminster Newton and west of Blandford Forum. The parish covers extending over the chalk downs that lie to the south and includes the hamlets of Leigh, and Kitford. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 101, a reduction from 134 in 2001.
The name Ibberton derives from the Old English Ēadbeorht (a personal name), ing and tūn, and means 'estate associated with the man Ēadbeorht'. In 1086 in the Domesday Book it was recorded as Abristetone. Later variants of the name include Ebrictinton and Edbrichton.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ibberton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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