Gussage All Saints
| Gussage All Saints | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Gussage All Saints Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST998108 |
| Location: | 50°53’49"N, 2°0’14"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Wimborne |
| Postcode: | BH21 |
| Dialling code: | 01258 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Dorset |
Gussage All Saints is a village in Dorset, standing about eight miles north-east of the town of Blandford Forum. It is sited by the side of a small stream in a shallow valley on the lower dip slope of Cranborne Chase. Ackling Dyke, a disused Roman road, crosses the valley to the northwest, and forms the parish boundary at that point.
Parish church
The village church dates mostly from the early 14th century.[1]
Since 2001 The Ecclesiastical Parish of Gussage All Saints has been one of ten Ecclesiastical Parishes which form 'The Chase Benefice'. The other Parishes are Gussage St Michael, Farnham, Chettle, Tarrant Gunville, Tarrant Hinton, Tarrant Monkton, Tarrant Rushton, Tarrant Keyneston, and Tollard Royal in Wiltshire.
About the village
To the south of the village lies an Iron Age settlement excavated in 1972 by Dr Geoffrey Wainwright of the Department of the Environment. The settlement is formed by an enclosure that is roughly circular in plan and some 3 acres in extent, with a single entrance in the east defined by two pairs of flanking antennae ditches.
See also
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References
- ↑ Gant, R.: 'Dorset Villages' (1980) p35
