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Also known as Symondsbury, Dorset

Symondsbury () is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, west of Bridport and west of Dorchester. The A35 road runs through the parish to the south of the village. The village has a pub (the Ilchester Arms), a pottery and a primary school. Symondsbury parish extends from Eype and West Cliff (West Bay) in the south, to the Marshwood Vale in the north. The village is in the Dorset National Landscape area. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 1,059.

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Locality
Higher Eype
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.static_image_name
Symondsbury, parish church of St. John the Baptist - geograph.org.uk - 525967.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Parish church of St John the Baptist
UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Symondsbury
UK place.map_type
Dorset
UK place.population
1,059
UK place.unitary_england
Dorset
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Dorset
UK place.region
South West England
UK place.constituency_westminster
West Dorset
UK place.post_town
Bridport
UK place.postcode_district
DT6
UK place.postcode_area
DT
UK place.os_grid_reference
SY445936
UK place.dial_code
01308

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Wikidata facts

Population
1059
Image
Colmer's Hill above Symondsbury - geograph.org.uk - 409188.jpg
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Commons category
Symondsbury
OS grid reference
SY445936
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10 sections
Contents
  • Toponymy
  • History and economy
  • Governance
  • Colmer's Hill
  • Church
  • Principal houses
  • Transport
  • Demography
  • References
  • External links

Symondsbury () is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, west of Bridport and west of Dorchester. The A35 road runs through the parish to the south of the village. The village has a pub (the Ilchester Arms), a pottery and a primary school. Symondsbury parish extends from Eype and West Cliff (West Bay) in the south, to the Marshwood Vale in the north. The village is in the Dorset National Landscape area. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 1,059.

==Toponymy== The name Symondsbury derives from Old English and means the hill or barrow (beorg) belonging to a man named Sigemund. It was listed in the Domesday Book as Simondesberge.

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