| Alcester | |
|---|---|
 The Church of St James at Alcester | |
  Alcester Location within Dorset | |
| OS grid reference | ST8522 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
Alcester is a village in the civil parish of Shaftesbury, in Dorset, England.
Alcester was formerly a liberty in the parish of St. James Shaftesbury, within the parliamentary borough of Shaftesbury, but without the municipal borough, Dorset. Pop., 342. Houses, 76. [1] On 31 December 1894 Alcester became a separate civil parish, on 9 November 1921 the parish was abolished and merged with Shaftesbury. [2] In 1921 the parish had a population of 291. [3]
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