Charminster
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Charminster is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated on the River Cerne and A352 road north of the county town Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 2,940 and also contains the hamlet of Charlton Down.
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- Locality
- Charminster
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,366
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Charminster, parish church of St. Mary - geograph.org.uk - 503842.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Parish church of St Mary's
- UK place.official_name
- Charminster
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SY680927
- UK place.population
- 2,940
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- Dorchester
- UK place.postcode_district
- DT2
- UK place.postcode_area
- DT
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Dorset
- UK place.dial_code
- 01305
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2940
- Image
- Tower of St. Mary's, Charminster.jpg
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- Charminster
- OS grid reference
- SY680927
- P8168
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Charminster is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated on the River Cerne and A352 road north of the county town Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 2,940 and also contains the hamlet of Charlton Down.
The village name derives from the River Cerne and the small 'minster' church of St Mary, resulting in "Cerneminster" (recorded in 1223), which eventually evolved into Charminster. The village, which includes Wolfeton House, was the place of origin of Richard Norman and family, one of the Planters of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in America, who arrived there in ca. 1626. Scientist Margaret Bastock died in the village in 1982, aged 62.
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