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‘’’Alston’’’ is a little hamlet in  westernmost [[Dorset]], in the neck of a spur of the county thrusting between [[Somerset]] to the north-east and [[Devon]] to the south-west.  
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'''Alston''' is a little hamlet in  westernmost [[Dorset]], in the neck of a spur of the county thrusting between [[Somerset]] to the north-east and [[Devon]] to the south-west.  
  
 
This hamlet consists of three farms and surrounding cottages.
 
This hamlet consists of three farms and surrounding cottages.
  
 
Alston is a mile south of [[Chardstock]], also in Dorset, and just under a mile north-east of [[Churchill, East Devon|Churchill]], the latter village just across a little brook which marks the border of Devon.
 
Alston is a mile south of [[Chardstock]], also in Dorset, and just under a mile north-east of [[Churchill, East Devon|Churchill]], the latter village just across a little brook which marks the border of Devon.

Latest revision as of 13:01, 12 April 2022

Alston
Dorset
Holly Farm, Alston, Dorset - geograph 5619524.jpg
Holly Farm, Alston
Location
Grid reference: ST307026
Location: 50°49’11"N, 2°59’4"W
Data
Postcode: EX13
Local Government

Alston is a little hamlet in westernmost Dorset, in the neck of a spur of the county thrusting between Somerset to the north-east and Devon to the south-west.

This hamlet consists of three farms and surrounding cottages.

Alston is a mile south of Chardstock, also in Dorset, and just under a mile north-east of Churchill, the latter village just across a little brook which marks the border of Devon.