Chalbury
| Chalbury | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church, Chalbury | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU018068 |
| Location: | 50°51’40"N, 1°58’30"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 140 |
| Post town: | Wimborne |
| Postcode: | BH21 |
| Dialling code: | 01258 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Dorset |
Chalbury is a village in Dorset, on the southern edge of Cranborne Chase, four miles north of Wimborne Minster and four miles west of Verwood. The village had a recorded population of 140 in 2001.
The village stands on Chalbury Hill, the view from which has been described as "one of the most fascinating in the county".[1] The Dorset broadcaster Ralph Wightman wrote of the hill and its view:
- "Here there is a hill which is only three hundred feet high but which manages to give a wonderful view over woodland, heath, fertile chalk and the distant Isle of Wight. This feeling of immense space seen from relatively small hills is a blessed peculiarity of Dorset."[2]
Parish church
The parish church is All Saints. It is simple, small church in the Early English style of the late 12th or 13th Century, with later changes and additions. The interior has both medieval and Georgian windows. There are 18th Century box pews, a three-decker pulpit and musicians' gallery.
The journalist Mary Frances Billington was born at Chalbury in 1862, while her father was the rector at All Saints' Church.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Chalbury) |
- All Saints, Chalbury – Wimbourne Churches
- Photographs and Information on Chalbury Church from Strolling Guides
References
- ↑ Treves, Sir F., 'Highways and Byways in Dorset' (Macmillan, 1905) p119
- ↑ Wightman, Ralph: 'Portrait of Dorset' (1983) p. 58
- ↑ Fred Hunter, "Billington, Mary Frances (1862–1925)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press 2004).