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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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Broadwindsor) |
- ↑ "Parish Population Data". Dorset Council. 20 January 2015. https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 West Dorset Holiday and Tourist Guide. West Dorset District Council. c. 1983. p. 5.
- ↑ Reginald J W Hammond (1979). Dorset Coast (4 ed.). Ward Lock Ltd. p. 43. ISBN 0 7063 5494 X.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. pp. 107–8. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.
