Pulham

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Pulham
Dorset

The Old Rectory, Pulham
Location
Grid reference: ST706086
Location: 50°52’35"N, 2°25’4"W
Data
Population: 269  (2011)
Post town: Dorchester
Postcode: DT2
Dialling code: 01258, 01300
Local Government
Council: Dorset
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Dorset

Pulham is a village in Dorset, in the Blackmore Vale, seven miles south-east of the town of Sherborne. In the 2011 Census the civil parish had 105 dwellings, and a population of 269.

Pulham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and was once owned by Cirencester Abbey, a connection remembered in the name of Cannings Court Farm (the 'Court of the Canons').[1] Priests from nearby Milton Abbey also used to visit the village church; they resided above the porch in a priests' room, accessed via a staircase within the wall.

Outside links

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References

  1. North Dorset Official District Guide, North Dorset District Council, Home Publishing Co. Ltd, circa 1983, page 45