Caundle Marsh Explained

Static Image Name:Tut Hill Farmhouse - geograph.org.uk - 420867.jpg
Static Image Caption:Tut Hill Farm, Caundle Marsh
Official Name:Caundle Marsh
Country:England
Region:South West England
Os Grid Reference:ST678133
Coordinates:50.919°N -2.461°W
Population:70
Population Ref:[1]
Unitary England:Dorset
Shire County:Dorset
Constituency Westminster:West Dorset
Post Town:Sherborne
Postcode District:DT9
Postcode Area:DT

Caundle Marsh is a village and civil parish in northwest Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale, 4miles southeast of Sherborne. The parish includes the hamlet of Tut Hill and the Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the parish was 70.[1]

History

The parish was within the hundred of Sherborne until the disuse of the hundred in stages in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The parish church of Saints Peter and Paul was completed in 1857.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish Population Data. 20 January 2015. 27 February 2015. Dorset County Council.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=wmkxchFL57EC&dq=R.H.+Shout+of+Yeovil+architect&pg=PA132 The Buildings of England: Dorset