Mosterton
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Mosterton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated approximately north of Beaminster. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 604.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mosterton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 604
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Dorset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST596065
- UK place.postcode_area
- DT
- UK place.postcode_district
- DT8
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Mosterton, Admiral Hood - geograph.org.uk - 1369371.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Admiral Hood pub being rethatched
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.official_name
- Mosterton
- UK place.population
- 604
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- Beaminster
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Dorset
- Population
- 604
- Image
- Mosterton, parish church of St. Mary - geograph.org.uk - 447095.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mosterton
- OS grid reference
- ST596065
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Notes
- External links
Mosterton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated approximately north of Beaminster. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 604.
The village's name derives from Old English and means the thorn tree belonging to a man named Mort. In 1086 it was recorded in the Domesday Book as Mortestorne.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mosterton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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