Official Name: | Over Compton |
Country: | England |
Region: | South West England |
Static Image Name: | Over compton church.jpg |
Population: | 183 |
Population Ref: | [1] |
Os Grid Reference: | ST590169 |
Coordinates: | 50.9503°N -2.5841°W |
Post Town: | Sherborne |
Postcode Area: | DT |
Postcode District: | DT9 |
Shire County: | Dorset |
Over Compton is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley 2miles east of Yeovil. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 183.[1]
Compton House, formerly the home of the Goodden family, lies outside the village. St Michael's Church is on the estate. The MCC cricketer Cecil Goodden was born in Compton House.