Official Name: | Margaret Marsh |
Static Image Name: | St Margaret's Church, Margaret Marsh - geograph.org.uk - 335894.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Margaret's Church, Margaret Marsh |
Coordinates: | 50.9674°N -2.2521°W |
Map Type: | Dorset |
Population: | 40 |
Population Ref: | (2013 est.) |
Os Grid Reference: | ST823185 |
Civil Parish: | Margaret Marsh |
Unitary England: | Dorset |
Lieutenancy England: | Dorset |
Region: | South West England |
Country: | England |
Post Town: | SHAFTESBURY |
Postcode Area: | SP |
Postcode District: | SP7 |
Dial Code: | 01747 |
Constituency Westminster: | North Dorset |
Margaret Marsh is a hamlet and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, halfway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton. It is sited on Kimmeridge Clay[1] close to a small tributary stream of the River Stour. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 60.[2] In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 40.[3] The parish church has a 15th-century tower and 13th-century font, but the rest of the building was rebuilt in 1873.[4] For local government purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of East Orchard and West Orchard, to form a Group Parish Council.[5]