Pentridge
| Pentridge | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Parish church of Saint Rumbold | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU033178 |
| Location: | 50°57’32"N, 1°57’14"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 215 (2001) |
| Post town: | Salisbury |
| Postcode: | SP5 |
| Dialling code: | 01725 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Dorset |
Pentridge is a village in Dorset, in the north-east of the county, sitting on the edge of Cranborne Chase down a dead-end minor lane just south of the A354 road between the towns of Blandford Forum (ten miles to the south-west) and Salisbury in Wiltshire (twelve miles to the northeast). In 2001 it had a population of 215.
The name of the village appears to derive from the old British language words pen ("hill") and twrch ("boar"), and thus means "wild-boar hill"; it is first recorded (as "Pentric") in the eighth century, eighty years before the birth of King Alfred the Great.[1]
The village is located amongst many Neolithic, Roman and Saxon earthworks, notably Bokerley Dyke, a long defensive ditch which was dug by the Romano-British to keep out the Saxon invaders.
Nearby is Pentridge Hill, formed by a band of more resistant chalk than the surrounding land.
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References
- ↑ Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd.. p. 16. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.
