Stourton Caundle
| Stourton Caundle | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Village street, Stourton Caundle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST714152 |
| Location: | 50°56’3"N, 2°24’28"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 439 |
| Post town: | Sturminster Newton |
| Postcode: | DT10 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Dorset |
Stourton Caundle is a village in northern Dorset. It sits within the Blackmore Vale, about five miles east of Sherborne. The 2011 census noted that the parish had 181 households and a population of 439.
This is one of several villages in the area to bear the name "Caundle", the others being Bishop's Caundle, Purse Caundle and Caundle Marsh. The origin of "Caundle" is uncertain.[1]
The Domesday Book of 1086 has seven entries connected to the village, recorded as "Candelle", "Candel" or "Candele" in the Brownshall Hundred of Dorset. The entries record a total of 45 households and a total taxable value of 17 geld units.[2]
Sir Henry de Haddon, a lord from Northamptonshire, bought land and founded a manor here in 1202, and the resultant settlement was called "Caundel Haddon" [3] or "Caundle Haddon".[4] The Haddons retained the manor until 1461 when it passed to the Stourton family, which resulted in the current village name.[1]
The manor was on the west side of the main village street and was probably fortified, resulting in it being referred to as a 'castle',[5] though only a thirteenth-century chapel building (no longer used as such) and two fish ponds associated with the site now remain.[1]
Parish church
Stourton Caundle's parish church is dedicated to St Peter and has a thirteenth-century nave and chancel, and a fourteenth-century tower.[6]
Society
The village was once a venue for stave dancing.[7][8]
The village has a small pub called The Trooper, but villagers must travel to local town Stalbridge for other amenities.
In books
Enid Blyton used Manor Farm as inspiration for her novel Five on Finniston Farm. She owned the farm for a short time in the late 1950s.[9]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stourton Caundle) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 North Dorset District Council (c. 1983). North Dorset Official District Guide. Home Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 49.
- ↑ "Place: [Stourton Caundle"]. Open Domesday. domesdaymap.co.uk. http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/ST7115/stourton-caundle/. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives. CP 40 / 629; year: 1418;http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/aCP40no629fronts/IMG_0370.htm; first complete entry, with "Dors" in the margin. the name occurs in the first line: John Fox as chaplain
- ↑ "Stourton Caundle A Brief History". stourtoncaundle.org. http://stourtoncaundle.org.uk/scpage3.htm. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ↑ "Stourton Caundle Manor". gatehouse-gazetteer. 3 May 2013. http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/960.html. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ↑ "Stourton Caundle St Peter's Church". stourtoncaundle.org. http://stourtoncaundle.org.uk/scpage6.3.htm. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ↑ Dommett, Roy: 'Stave Dances'
- ↑ Morris Dance Database: Stourton Caundle
- ↑ 'A glorious way to spend a Sunday afternoon': Chris Shaw and Colin Varndell in Dorset Life Magazine December 2008
