Catherston Leweston Explained

Official Name:Catherston Leweston
Unitary England:Dorset
Shire County:Dorset
Country:England
Region:South West England
Population:30
Population Ref:[1]
Map Type:Dorset
Coordinates:50.746°N -2.8947°W
Post Town:BRIDPORT
Postcode Area:DT
Postcode District:DT6
Dial Code:01297
Constituency Westminster:West Dorset
Static Image Name:Catherston Leweston, manor and church from A35 bridge - geograph.org.uk - 502854.jpg
Static Image Caption:Catherston Leweston viewed from the south

Catherston Leweston is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It lies approximately 2miles northeast of Lyme Regis. The Dorset County Council estimated that the population of the parish was 30(as of 2013).[1]

The village's Tudor-style manor house was built in 1887 and the Blue Lias-built church dates from 1858.[2] Part of an earlier medieval manor house belonging to the Wadham family of Catherston, a cadet branch of the family that founded Wadham College, Oxford, remains beside the later house.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish Population Data. 20 January 2015. 27 February 2015. Dorset County Council.
  2. Book: Dorset Villages. Roland Gant. 118–9. Robert Hale Ltd. 1980. 0 7091 8135 3.