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Dewlish
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Also known as Dewlish, Dorset

Dewlish is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, and is situated approximately north-east of the county town Dorchester. The village is sited in the valley of the small Devil's Brook among the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs; the parish covers about and extends west to include part of the valley of the small Cheselbourne stream, and east to include a dry valley at Dennet's Bottom. The surrounding area is part of the Dorset National Landscape area. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 284.

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Vinony's link graph records 39 inbound references to Dewlish, and connects out to Dorset, England and list of sovereign states.

It is catalogued under the topic Villages in Dorset.

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Place details

Locality
Dewlish
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.static_image_name
Dewlish Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 113316.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Dewlish Village Hall
UK place.country
England
UK place.map_type
Dorset
UK place.official_name
Dewlish
UK place.population
284
UK place.unitary_england
Dorset
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Dorset
UK place.post_town
Dorchester
UK place.postcode_area
DT
UK place.postcode_district
DT2
UK place.constituency_westminster
West Dorset
UK place.region
South West England
UK place.os_grid_reference
SY775982

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Dorset
Population
284
Image
Dewlish Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 113316.jpg
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Commons category
Dewlish
OS grid reference
SY775982
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Dewlish House
  • Church of All Saints
  • History and prehistory
  • Court Close
  • Roman villa
  • Population
  • Mammoths
  • References
  • External links

Dewlish is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, and is situated approximately north-east of the county town Dorchester. The village is sited in the valley of the small Devil's Brook among the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs; the parish covers about and extends west to include part of the valley of the small Cheselbourne stream, and east to include a dry valley at Dennet's Bottom. The surrounding area is part of the Dorset National Landscape area. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 284.

Dewlish was also the main part of the Liberty of the same name, including Dewlish itself and a part of Milborne St Andrew.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dewlish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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