Alderholt
| Alderholt | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Charing Cross, Alderholt | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU119126 |
| Location: | 50°54’48"N, 1°49’54"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 3,171 (2011) |
| Post town: | Fordingbridge |
| Postcode: | SP6 |
| Dialling code: | 01425 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Dorset |
Alderholt is a large village and civil parish in Dorset, adjacent to the borders with Wiltshire and Hampshire, situated three miles west of Fordingbridge in the latter county. The parish includes the hamlets of Crendell and Cripplestyle and forms the easternmost point of Dorset. The local travel links are located 11 miles from the village to Salisbury railway station and nine miles to Bournemouth International Airport. The main road running through the village is the B3078 connecting Alderholt to Fordingbridge and Shaftesbury. The village has a population of 3,113 according to the 2001 Census, increasing to 3,171 at the 2011 Census.[1]
The village is served by a small Co-operative store, (previously a Spar, until early 2007), Veterinary clinic and part-time GP surgery. The village pub is the Churchill Arms. There are three churches in the village: Alderholt Chapel,[2] St James' Church of England, and the Tabernacle Gospel Church. Until mid-2014, Alderholt also had its own independent pet store.
The village also has a large recreation ground with a sports and social club, two tennis courts, and a children's play area.
Until 1964, the village was served by a railway station named Daggons Road, situated to the west of the village, and on a line connecting to Fordingbridge and Salisbury to the north, and Verwood and Wimborne to the south.
The village originates as a chapelry of the ancient parish of Cranbourne, with the civil parish being created in 1894. A Parish Book was published in 1994 by the Alderholt Parish Council, recording Parish details and interest over the 100 years.[3]
References
- ↑ "Parish and ward 2011". http://www.ukcensusdata.com/alderholt-e05003671#sthash.WF9krY74.dpbs. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ "Alderholt Chapel". alderholtchapel.org. 2011. http://www.alderholtchapel.org/. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Dorset, 1895
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Alderholt) |
- Alderholt Parish Council website
- Census data
- St James' First School
- The Parish Church of St James
- Alderholt Chapel
