Broadwindsor

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Broadwindsor
Dorset

Parish church of St John the Baptist
Location
Grid reference: ST437026
Location: 50°49’8"N, 2°47’56"W
Data
Population: 1,320  (2013[1])
Post town: Beaminster
Postcode: DT8
Dialling code: 01308
Local Government
Council: Dorset
Parliamentary
constituency:
West Dorset
Website: Broadwindsor Village

Broadwindsor is a village and parish in western Dorset adjacent to the border with Somerset. It is situated about two miles west of Beaminster. Broadwindsor was formerly a liberty, containing only the parish itself. In the 2011 census the population of the parish, combined with that of the small parish of Seaborough (in Somerset) to the north, was 1,378.[2]

The parish church is principally Perpendicular in style, though it has origins in the 12th and 13th centuries,[3] and was rebuilt in 1868.[4] Thomas Fuller, who wrote The Worthies of England and The History of the Holy Warre, preached here between 1634 and 1650.[5]

King Charles II stayed the night in the village on 23 September 1651, after his flight from the Battle of Worcester.[3][5]

References

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about Broadwindsor)
  1. "Parish Population Data". Dorset Council. 20 January 2015. https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882. Retrieved 25 February 2015. 
  2. "Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Broadwindsor (Parish).Key figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121249&c=Broadwindsor&d=16&e=62&g=6418340&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1385928488466&enc=1. Retrieved 1 December 2013. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 West Dorset Holiday and Tourist Guide. West Dorset District Council. c. 1983. p. 5. 
  4. Reginald J W Hammond (1979). Dorset Coast (4 ed.). Ward Lock Ltd. p. 43. ISBN 0 7063 5494 X. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. pp. 107–8. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3. 

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