Motcombe
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Motcombe is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It lies about north of Shaftesbury. It is sited on Kimmeridge clay soil beneath hills at the edge of the Blackmore Vale. The parish is one of the largest in Dorset. In the 2011 census the parish had 611 dwellings, 564 households and a population of 1,474.
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Place details
- Locality
- Motcombe
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,014
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Motcombe, looking along The Street - geograph.org.uk - 1508602.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Street, Motcombe
- UK place.population
- 1,474
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST8526
- UK place.civil_parish
- Motcombe
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- SHAFTESBURY
- UK place.postcode_area
- SP
- UK place.postcode_district
- SP7
- UK place.dial_code
- 01747
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Dorset
- UK place.official_name
- Motcombe
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Dorset
- Population
- 1474
- Image
- Motcombe, looking along The Street - geograph.org.uk - 1508602.jpg
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- Motcombe
- OS grid reference
- ST848256
- P8168
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Motcombe is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It lies about north of Shaftesbury. It is sited on Kimmeridge clay soil beneath hills at the edge of the Blackmore Vale. The parish is one of the largest in Dorset. In the 2011 census the parish had 611 dwellings, 564 households and a population of 1,474.
In 1905 Sir Frederick Treves described Motcombe as "a hamlet of gardens at the foot of the hill" and wrote of the village houses that they "are facing all ways, as if they were shy of the road or were undecided which way to turn." The parish church of St Mary was rebuilt in 1846, although its font dates from Norman times.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Motcombe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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