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Edmondsham
Dorset
The village pump, Edmondsham - geograph.org.uk - 372820.jpg
Village pump, Edmondsham
Location
Grid reference: SU062114
Location: 50°54’7"N, 1°54’47"W
Data
Population: 200
Post town: Wimborne
Postcode: BH21
Dialling code: 01725
Local Government
Council: Dorset
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Dorset

Edmondsham is a village in the east of Dorset, two miles north west of Verwood and ten miles north of Poole. It near the source of a small stream which flows into the River Allen. The 2001 census recorded a population of 200.

The surrounding countryside is well-wooded. Edmonsham House was built in 1589, and in 1905 was described by Sir Frederick Treves Bt as "grey with age" and hence "like a mist in the wood".[1] Edmonsham House Gardens are open to the public.

A rare shiny-leafed form of wych elm similar to Ulmus glabra 'Nitida' was found in the village in the early 20th century, a leaf specimen prepared for the Kew Herbarium by the Rev. Augustin Ley in 1910.[2]

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References

  1. Treves, Sir F.: 'Highways and Byways in Dorset' (Macmillan, 1905) p90
  2. Ulmus glabra nitida (?), herbarium specimen from Edmondsham, Dorset, Oct. 1910, by Rev. Augustin Ley