Netherbury
| Netherbury | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Parish church of St Mary | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SY470993 |
| Location: | 50°47’27"N, 2°45’13"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,314 (2011) |
| Post town: | Bridport |
| Postcode: | DT6 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
West Dorset |
Netherbury is a village in Dorset, by the small River Brit, a mile and a half south of Beaminster and four miles north of Bridport. The A3066 road connecting those towns runs half a mile to the east.
The 2011 census noted a parish population, including the small settlements of Melplash, North Bowood, South Bowood, Salwayash, Wooth and Mangerton, of 1,314.
About the village
Along with domestic buildings, Netherbury village has a church, a village hall, and a play park. The church has a Norman font, a 15th-century altar tomb and a 16th-century pulpit.[1] The hills surrounding the village show examples of strip lynchets.[1]
The River Brit used to serve several mills to process the flax used in Bridport's rope-making industry. In Netherbury, the river is crossed by a 17th-century bridge with three dissimilar arches: a larger, round eastern arch accommodated the millrace.[2]
The novelist Mary Anna Needell lived in Netherbury with her family in the 1880s.[3]
See also
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Netherbury) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 West Dorset District Council (c. 1982). West Dorset Holiday and Tourist Guide. p. 14.
- ↑ Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Limited. pp. 127–8. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.
- ↑ Retrieved 2 March 2015.