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Also known as Piddletrenthide, Dorset

Piddletrenthide () is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The village lies on the small River Piddle in a valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, north of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the small village of Plush to the northeast and the hamlet of White Lackington to the south—had 323 dwellings, 290 households and a population of 647.

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Locality
Piddletrenthide
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Piddletrenthide
UK place.static_image_name
Piddletrenthide - geograph.org.uk - 388021.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Piddletrenthide
UK place.population
647
UK place.population_ref
(Parish, 2011)
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
ST703000

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Population
647
Image
Piddletrenthide - geograph.org.uk - 388021.jpg
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Piddletrenthide
OS grid reference
ST703000
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Contents
  • Toponymy
  • History
  • All Saints parish church
  • Geography
  • Culture, art and media
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • Notes
  • General references

Piddletrenthide () is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The village lies on the small River Piddle in a valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, north of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the small village of Plush to the northeast and the hamlet of White Lackington to the south—had 323 dwellings, 290 households and a population of 647.

==Toponymy== The unusual name of the village is derived from its position on the River Piddle, combined with it having been assessed for thirty hides in the Domesday Book. The name sometimes prompts amusement and discussion, and references have been made to it in the TV Times (25 April – 1 May 1970), The Times (a lengthy correspondence in 1974, then again on 27 March 1999), The Sunday Times ( 22 December 2002 and 25 September 2005), and The Guardian (8 May 2004).

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