West Orchard
West Orchard
West Orchard is located in Dorset
West Orchard
West Orchard
Location within Dorset
Population50 
OS grid referenceST823164
Civil parish
  • West Orchard
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHAFTESBURY
Postcode districtSP7
Dialling code01747
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°56′52″N 2°15′12″W / 50.9478°N 2.2532°W / 50.9478; -2.2532

West Orchard is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale in the North Dorset administrative district, approximately halfway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton. It is separated from the adjacent settlement of East Orchard by a stream. In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 50.[1] For local government purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of East Orchard and Margaret Marsh, to form a Group Parish Council.[2]

St Luke's Church was rebuilt in 1876–77 to the designs of Thomas Henry Wyatt, but the chancel is 15th-century.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ^ The Orchards and Margaret Marsh Group Parish Council, dorsetforyou.com
  3. ^ Historic England (16 August 1960). "CHURCH OF UNKNOWN DEDICATION, West Orchard (1110395)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

External links

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Towns, villages and hamlets in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England
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