Ashmore

Also known as Ashmore, Dorset

thumb|'The Stag's Head' a thatched house in Ashmore Ashmore is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, southwest of Salisbury. In the 2021 census the parish had a population of 176. It has a church and several stone cottages and farms, many with thatched roofs.

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Place details

Locality: Ashmore
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Ashmore
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: South West England
UK place.static_image_name: Ashmore, Dorset, 2015 (a).JPG
UK place.static_image_caption: Ashmore village pond
UK place.population: 176
UK place.population_ref: (2021 census)
UK place.os_grid_reference: ST912178
UK place.post_town: Salisbury
UK place.postcode_area: SP
UK place.postcode_district: SP5
UK place.dial_code: 01725
UK place.constituency_westminster: North Dorset
UK place.civil_parish: Ashmore
UK place.unitary_england: Dorset
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Dorset

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Wikidata facts

Population: 188
Image: Ashmore, Dorset, 2015 (a).JPG

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Commons category: Ashmore
OS grid reference: ST912178
P8168: Zhang Jie

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Contents

History
Ashmore as an ancient continuously inhabited village
Geography
Church and Chapel
Demography
Culture
References
External links

The village is the highest in the county. It is centred on a circular pond, or "mere", which gave the village its original name of "Ash-mere". There are grounds for believing Ashmore to be a Romano-British village which has survived without a break to the present day.