Ferndown
Sign in to saveFerndown is a town and civil parish (under the name Ferndown Town) in Dorset in southern England. It lies immediately to the north of Bournemouth and Poole, and about east of Wimborne Minster. The parish, which until 1986 was called Hampreston, includes the communities of Ameysford, Hampreston, Longham, Stapehill and Trickett's Cross. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 17,501.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Ferndown
- UK place.type
- Town and civil parish
- UK place.static_image_name
- Ferndown, parish church of St. Mary - geograph.org.uk - 505282.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Parish Church of St Mary, Ferndown
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.population
- 17501
- UK place.population_ref
- (parish, 2021)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU071009
- UK place.london_distance
- NE
- UK place.civil_parish
- Ferndown Town
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- Ferndown
- UK place.postcode_area
- BH
- UK place.postcode_district
- BH21, BH22
- UK place.dial_code
- 01202
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Ferndown is a town and civil parish (under the name Ferndown Town) in Dorset in southern England. It lies immediately to the north of Bournemouth and Poole, and about east of Wimborne Minster. The parish, which until 1986 was called Hampreston, includes the communities of Ameysford, Hampreston, Longham, Stapehill and Trickett's Cross. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 17,501.
== History == Domesday Book of 1086 recorded a settlement with 25 households at Hame, in Cranborne Hundred. The other ancient settlements were at Canford and Longham, all three built on gravel terraces on the north bank of the River Stour.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ferndown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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