Motcombe
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| Motcombe | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Motcombe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST850252 |
| Location: | 51°1’33"N, 2°12’53"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,474 |
| Post town: | Shaftesbury |
| Postcode: | SP7 |
| Dialling code: | 01747 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Dorset |
Motcombe is a village in Dorset, to be found about two miles north of Shaftesbury, below the hills that edge the Blackmore Vale.
The 2011 census recorded in the parish 611 dwellings, 564 households and a population of 1,474.
In 1905 Sir Frederick Treves described Motcombe as "a hamlet of gardens at the foot of the hill" and wrote of the village houses that they "are facing all ways, as if they were shy of the road or were undecided which way to turn."[1] The parish church of St Mary was rebuilt in 1846, although its font dates from Norman times.
On the south-west edge of the village is Motcombe Park. Within the park is Motcombe House, built in 1893 in Tudor style, and now home to Port Regis, a large private preparatory school.
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References
- ↑ Sir Frederick Treves: Highways and Byways in Dorset (Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1905 p16