Piddletrenthide
Sign in to savePiddletrenthide () 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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Place details
- Locality
- Piddletrenthide
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +647
- Image
- Piddletrenthide - geograph.org.uk - 388021.jpg
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- 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).