Chettle

Also known as Chettle, Dorset

Chettle is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies northeast of Blandford Forum. It is sited at the head of a gently sloping valley on the dip slope of the chalk formation called Cranborne Chase. The A354 trunk road crosses the valley about 1 km to the south. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 90.

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

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UK place.static_image_name: Chettle Church - geograph.org.uk - 223425.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Chettle parish church
UK place.country: England
UK place.map_type: Dorset
UK place.official_name: Chettle
UK place.population: 90
UK place.civil_parish: Chettle
UK place.unitary_england: Dorset
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Dorset
UK place.region: South West England
UK place.constituency_westminster: North Dorset
UK place.os_grid_reference: ST952134
UK place.post_town: BLANDFORD FORUM
UK place.postcode_area: DT
UK place.postcode_district: DT11
UK place.dial_code: 01258

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Population: 70
Image: Chettle Church - geograph.org.uk - 223425.jpg

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Commons category: Chettle
OS grid reference: ST952134
P8168: Jim Caviezel

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A 2008 report indicated that the entire village was owned by the Bourke family and operated in the mode of "benevolent feudalism". A news item from 2015 confirmed the ownership and provided the following update about the community:The tiny hamlet, with its hotel, manor house, 40 cottages, farms and lumber yard has belonged to the Bourke family for more than 400 years, in a benign throwback to feudal times.