Sutton Waldron Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Sutton Waldron
Static Image Name:Sutton Waldron 2015.JPG
Static Image Caption:Sutton Waldron
Coordinates:50.9425°N -2.1989°W
Map Type:Dorset
Population:200
Civil Parish:Sutton Waldron
Shire District:Dorset
Shire County:Dorset
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:North Dorset
Post Town:BLANDFORD FORUM
Postcode Area:DT
Postcode District:DT11
Dial Code:01747
Os Grid Reference:ST862158

Sutton Waldron is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the A350 road between Iwerne Minster and Fontmell Magna, in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 80NaN0 north of Blandford Forum and 50NaN0 south of Shaftesbury. In the 2011 census the parish had 93 dwellings,[1] 87 households and a population of 200.[2]

The parish covers about 1300sigfig=2NaNsigfig=2 in a strip of land that, from west to east, is composed of Kimmeridge clay, Lower Greensand, Gault Clay, Upper Greensand and chalk.[3]

In 1086 in the Domesday Book, Sutton Waldron was recorded as Sudtone;[4] it had 24 households, one mill, six ploughlands, 61NaN1 of meadow and 40abbr=offNaNabbr=off of woodland. It was in the hundred of Gillingham and the lord and tenant-in-chief was Waleran the hunter.[5]

The parish church dates from 1847 and is constructed in the Decorated Gothic style.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Area: Sutton Waldron (Parish). Dwellings, Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2011 (KS401EW) . Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics . 5 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Area: Sutton Waldron (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics . Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics . 5 June 2015.
  3. Web site: 'Sutton Waldron', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 4, North (London, 1972), pp. 84-88 . University of London . British History Online . 20 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Dorset S-Z . domesdaybook.co.uk . The Domesday Book Online . 20 February 2015.
  5. Web site: Place: Sutton [Waldron] ]. domesdaymap.co.uk . Open Domesday . 20 February 2015.
  6. Book: North Dorset District Council. North Dorset District Official Guide. Home Publishing Co. Ltd. 1982–83. 49.