Morden, Dorset Explained

Official Name:Morden
Country:England
Region:South West England
Static Image Name:St. Mary's Church, Morden - geograph.org.uk - 160950.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Mary's Church, Morden
Population:323
Population Ref:(in 2011)
Os Grid Reference:SY915952
Coordinates:50.756°N -2.122°W
Post Town:WAREHAM
Postcode Area:BH
Postcode District:BH20
Constituency Westminster:Mid Dorset and North Poole
Shire District:Purbeck
Shire County:Dorset
Unitary England:Dorset

Morden (otherwise Moreden[1]) is a civil parish in the Purbeck district of south Dorset, England. Morden is about 6miles north-west of Poole. At the 2011 census the civil parish had 141 households and a population of 323.[2]

As well as the village of Morden, the parish includes the hamlets of East Morden, West Morden and Whitefields.

St Mary's Church, Morden, was rebuilt in 1873 except for the lower part of the 13th-century tower. East Morden has a pub, the Cock & Bottle.[3]

In the north of the parish, Charborough was anciently a separate manor, hamlet and ecclesiastical parish.[4] The Grade I listed 17th-century mansion called Charborough House or Charborough Park stands in an extensive deer park, and near the house is the small parish church, also dedicated to St Mary, rebuilt in 1775 and Grade II* listed.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morden Parish Records, Dorset . 2022-04-29 . www.opcdorset.org.
  2. Web site: Area: Morden (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics . Office for National Statistics . Neighbourhood Statistics . 14 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Cock and Bottle Inn . 29 April 2022 .
  4. Web site: Charborough . 29 April 2022 . A Vision of Britain through Time . University of Portsmouth.