East Orchard
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 East Orchard
East Orchard shown within Dorset |
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| Population | 100 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | ST833179 |
| Civil parish | East Orchard |
| District | North Dorset |
| Shire county | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHAFTESBURY |
| Postcode district | SP7 |
| Dialling code | 01747 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Dorset |
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East Orchard is a small village and parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale within the North Dorset administrative district. It is situated roughly midway between the hilltop town of Shaftesbury and the riverside town of Sturminster Newton. It is separated from the neighbouring village of West Orchard by a small stream. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 100.[1] For local government purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of West Orchard and Margaret Marsh, to form a Group Parish Council.[2]
The Orchard ("Horcerd") listed in the Domesday Book of 1086,[3] is more likely to refer to "Orchard" near Church Knowle in Purbeck, rather than East and West Orchard.[4]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ The Orchards and Margaret Marsh Group Parish Council, dorsetforyou.com
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ H. C. Darby, G. R. Versey, (2008), Domesday Gazetteer, page 124. Cambridge University Press
