Broadmayne
| Broadmayne | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Main Street, Broadmayne | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SY729865 |
| Location: | 50°40’39"N, 2°22’58"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,204 (2011) |
| Post town: | Dorchester |
| Postcode: | DT2 |
| Dialling code: | 01305 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
West Dorset |
Broadmayne is a village in Dorset. It stands two miles south-east of the county town Dorchester and the A352 main road between Dorchester (from Sherborne) and Wareham passes through the village. In the 2001 the population of the village was 1,864, reducing to 1,204 at the 2011 census.
Village facilities and services include a Post Office, a clinic (closed since 2014) and a public house (The Black Dog). There are two churches in the village, both of which were redesigned by Thomas Hardy.[1] The parish church of St. Martin dates from the 13th century and has a notable south tower.
History
Broadmayne parish has a long history of settlement. In the Domesday book of 1086, this was one of two settlements named Maine in Culliford Tree Hundred[2][3] and was later called Friar Mayne to avoid confusion with the other Maine (Parva Maene) sited at Little Mayne Farm in West Knighton parish. Between 1290 and 1338, a preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller was established at Friar Mayne.[4] The preceptory declined in activity, then in 1533 began leasing its bailiwick to provide stipends for rectories, vicarages, and the larger preceptories in other locations.
The family estate of Sir Ferdinand Gorges, the founder of the State of Maine in the north-east of the United States, was in Broadmayne; one theory is that the region was named after the village.[5][6]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Broadmayne) |
References
- ↑ West Dorset District Council, West Dorset Holiday and Tourist Guide, c.1983, p5
- ↑ History of Broadmayne on Broadmayne.org
- ↑ Domesday Book: Broadmayne
- ↑ A History of the County of Dorset - Volume 2 pp 90-92: Houses of Knights Hospitallers: The preceptory of Friary Mayne (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Kathy Guyton (2009). U.S. State Names: The Stories of How Our States Were Named. Nederland, Colorado: Mountain Storm Press. pp. 127–136.
- ↑ "Who Really Named Maine?". rootsweb. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110715202726/http://anc.rootsweb.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=5368. Retrieved 3 June 2014.