Eype
| Eype | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Looking west from Eype Mouth | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SY449917 |
| Location: | 50°43’18"N, 2°46’56"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
West Dorset |
Eype is a small village in south-western Dorset, standing a mile and a quarter south-west of Bridport. It is on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, a coastline on the English Channel.
The name 'Eype' means "steep place". Many of the village buildings can be traced back to the late eighteenth or early nineteenth centuries, but little is known in detail until the Victorian era.
Church
St Peter's Church in Eype was consecrated in 1865 as a Chapel-at-Ease for its mother church, St John the Baptist, Symondsbury. It stands prominently on top of a hill overlooking the sea.
The Eype Centre for the Arts has a non-exclusive licence to use the facilities for various arts events, such as art exhibitions, concerts, recordings, and other artistic endeavours. The Chapel remains consecrated and holds regular services.
It was used to record P.J. Harvey's Mercury prize-winning 'Let England Shake'[1]
About the village
To the west of Eype Beach is Golden Cap, the highest cliff on the south coast of Great Britain at 627 feet above sea level.
In 2011 a beach hut at Eype Beach went on the market for £200,000.[2]
The village contains Eype's Mouth Country Hotel, The New Inn (operated by Palmers Brewery), Eype House Caravan and Camping Park and Highlands End Holiday Park.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Eype) |
References
- ↑ P J Harvey's Eype Church Album to be Released': Rene Gerryts in the Dorset Echo 12 January 2011
- ↑ {{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1348585/Wooden-Eype-beach-shack-valued-1-goes-market-200k.html Wooden Eype beach shack valued at £1 goes on market for £200k]: The Mail Online, 19 January 2011
