Sutton Waldron

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Sutton Waldron
Location within Dorset
Population200 
OS grid reference ST862158
Civil parish
  • Sutton Waldron
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BLANDFORD FORUM
Postcode district DT11
Dialling code 01747
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50°56′33″N2°11′56″W / 50.9425°N 2.1989°W / 50.9425; -2.1989 Coordinates: 50°56′33″N2°11′56″W / 50.9425°N 2.1989°W / 50.9425; -2.1989

Sutton Waldron is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the A350 road between Iwerne Minster and Fontmell Magna, in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 8 miles (13 kilometres) north of Blandford Forum and 5 miles (8 kilometres) south of Shaftesbury. In the 2011 census the parish had 93 dwellings, [1] 87 households and a population of 200. [2]

The parish covers about 1,300 acres (530 hectares) in a strip of land that, from west to east, is composed of Kimmeridge clay, Lower Greensand, Gault Clay, Upper Greensand and chalk. [3]

In 1086 in the Domesday Book, Sutton Waldron was recorded as Sudtone; [4] it had 24 households, one mill, six ploughlands, 6 acres (2.4 hectares) of meadow and 40 acres (16 hectares) of woodland. It was in the hundred of Gillingham and the lord and tenant-in-chief was Waleran the hunter. [5]

The parish church dates from 1847 and is constructed in the Decorated Gothic style. [6]

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References

  1. "Area: Sutton Waldron (Parish). Dwellings, Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2011 (KS401EW)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. "Area: Sutton Waldron (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. "'Sutton Waldron', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 4, North (London, 1972), pp. 84-88". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  4. "Dorset S-Z". The Domesday Book Online. domesdaybook.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  5. "Place: Sutton [Waldron]". Open Domesday. domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  6. North Dorset District Council (1982–83). North Dorset District Official Guide. Home Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 49.

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