Hampreston

Hampreston
Hampreston Church
Hampreston Location within Dorset
OS grid reference	SZ054987
Civil parish	Ferndown
Unitary authority	Dorset
Ceremonial county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FERNDOWN
Postcode district	BH22
Dialling code	01202
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Christchurch
List of places UK England Dorset 50°47′20″N1°55′30″W / 50.789°N 1.925°W / 50.789; -1.925

Hampreston is a small village in the civil parish of Ferndown in Dorset, southern England. Before 1972, the whole parish took the name of Hampreston, with its population rising from 1,860 in 1921 to 11,750 in 1971. ^[1]

The village has a school, ^[2] an Anglican parish church ^[3] and a farm shop.

The folk singer Bob Roberts was born in Hampreston.

References

1. Parish & Ward Population Estimates for Dorset 1992-2004
2. "School web site". Archived from the original on 23 February 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
3. University of Bath - Dorset Churches Archived 2007-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Media related to Hampreston at Wikimedia Commons