Owermoigne Explained

Official Name:Owermoigne
Country:England
Region:South West England
Static Image Name:Owermoigne, parish church of St. Michael - geograph.org.uk - 519567.jpg
Static Image Caption:Parish church of St Michael
Population:467
Population Ref:[1]
Os Grid Reference:SY768853
Coordinates:50.6669°N -2.3289°W
Post Town:Dorchester
Postcode Area:DT
Postcode District:DT2
Shire County:Dorset

Owermoigne is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated 6miles south-east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 467.[1] The parish is within an electoral ward with the same name, which stretches from the east side of the small coastal village of Ringstead north towards Owermoigne and then up to, but not including, Crossways. To the east it covers White Nothe, Holworth and Galton. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 3,804.[2]

The parish was formerly part of the hundred of Winfrith, and subsequently constituted a liberty by itself.

Owermoigne village is described as Nether Moynton in the fictional Wessex of Thomas Hardy's novels[3] and his short story The Distracted Preacher in Wessex Tales takes place in the village.

At Holworth is a small wooden church dedicated to St Catherine-by-the-Sea above Burning Cliff.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Owermoigne (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 27 November 2013.
  2. Web site: Ward population 2011 . ukcensusdata.com . 26 February 2015.
  3. Book: Hammond, Reginald J. W. . Dorset Coast. Ward Lock Ltd . 83. 1979 . 0 7063 5494 X . 4th .