Woodcutts
| Woodcutts | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 The former chapel in Woodcutts | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST969167 |
| Location: | 50°57’6"N, 2°2’42"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Salisbury |
| Postcode: | SP5 |
| Dialling code: | 01725 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Dorset |
Woodcutts is a hamlet within the parish of Sixpenny Handley in the north of Dorset, near to the Wiltshire border. Originally named "Woodcotes", in its present form the 18th century country estate still consists of the Manor House, the Manor Farm, a number of cottages, a school house and a chapel.
The hamlet stands within Cranborne Chase (designated an 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'). The estate and much of the land and several of the properties were bought and amalgamated with the neighbouring Rushmore Estate by its owner Augustus Pitt Rivers, a noted archaeologist of the 19th century, for the purpose of doing archaeological research. Woodcutts includes the site of a Romano-British settlement excavated in 1884-5 by Pitt Rivers.[1]
Big society
The Woodcutts Scouts group was founded in 1957 and provides activities for the young people of the area with Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorer sections.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Woodcutts) |
