Osmington
Sign in to saveOsmington is a village and civil parish within Dorset, England, situated on the Jurassic Coast north-east of Weymouth. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the small settlements of Upton, Ringstead and Osmington Mills—had a population of 673.
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Place details
- Locality
- Osmington
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 227
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- High Street, Osmington - geograph.org.uk - 618632.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- High Street, Osmington
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Osmington
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.population
- 673
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- WEYMOUTH
- UK place.postcode_district
- DT3
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +673
- Image
- Osmington (2870518588).jpg
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Osmington is a village and civil parish within Dorset, England, situated on the Jurassic Coast north-east of Weymouth. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the small settlements of Upton, Ringstead and Osmington Mills—had a population of 673.
==History== Evidence exists of Bronze Age settlement in the area. The village's written history, however, begins in 940, when it is mentioned in a charter.