Puddletown
Sign in to savePuddletown is a village in the civil parish of Athelhampton and Puddletown, in Dorset, England. It is situated by the River Piddle, from which it derives its name, about northeast of the county town Dorchester. Its earlier name Piddletown fell out of favour, probably because of connotations of the word "piddle". The name Puddletown was officially sanctioned in the late 1950s. Puddletown's civil parish covered and extended to the River Frome to the south. In 2013, the estimated population of the civil parish was 1450.
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Place details
- Locality
- Puddletown
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,158
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Puddletown 2015 (b).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Square, Puddletown
- UK place.official_name
- Puddletown
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.population
- 1,452
- UK place.population_ref
- (2014 estimate)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Athelhampton and Puddletown
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Dorset
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Dorset
- Population
- +1405
- Image
- Puddletown 2015 (a).JPG
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Governance
- Geography
- Demography
- Notable buildings
- Community facilities
- Literary connections
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Notes
- General references
Puddletown is a village in the civil parish of Athelhampton and Puddletown, in Dorset, England. It is situated by the River Piddle, from which it derives its name, about northeast of the county town Dorchester. Its earlier name Piddletown fell out of favour, probably because of connotations of the word "piddle". The name Puddletown was officially sanctioned in the late 1950s. Puddletown's civil parish covered and extended to the River Frome to the south. In 2013, the estimated population of the civil parish was 1450.
Puddletown's parish church has significant architectural interest, particularly its furnishings and monuments. It has a 12th-century font and well-preserved woodwork, including 17th-century box pews. Thomas Hardy took an interest in the church, and the village provided the inspiration for the fictional settlement of Weatherbury in his novel Far from the Madding Crowd; Weatherbury Farm, the home of principal character Bathsheba Everdene, is based on a manor house within the parish.