Chetnole

Chetnole
Dorset
Parish church of St Peter
Location
Grid reference:	ST602080
Location:	50°52’12"N, 2°34’1"W
Data
Population:	330  (est.)
Post town:	Sherborne
Postcode:	DT9
Local Government
Council:	Dorset
Parliamentary constituency:	West Dorset

Chetnole is a village in Dorset, and is to be found some six miles south of Sherborne, and five and a half miles south-east of Yeovil in Somerset. The village stands beside the small Wriggle River at the western end of the Blackmore Vale: the Wriggle which north from Hilfield to the River Yeo near Bradford Abbas.

There are around 128 houses in the village. It has a railway station on the Heart of Wessex Line that is served by Great Western Railway services.

Chetnole is not recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.

History

The name "Chetnole" is thought to mean 'Ceatta's hillock (or hilltop)' from an Old English proper name and cnoll. Chetnole is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and there is no convincing evidence of a settlement at that time.

The Parish Church, St Peter's, is made up of several different buildings from different time periods: the 13th Century barrel-vaulted nave, the 15th Century tower, the 17th Century porch and the 19th Century chancel.

The country house of the village, Nappers, was used as a military hospital during the First World War.

There was a school in Chetnole, at the end of School Lane, from 1851 until 1938.

About the village

Chetnole is located near the Roman road to Dorchester. In the village is the four-star rated Chetnole Inn. The nearest GP surgery though is in Yetminster.

Chetnole railway station is a small rural station serving the village. It was originally opened as a timber structure on 11 September 1933, although this was replaced by the current concrete one in the 1960s.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Chetnole)