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Osmington
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Osmington is a village and civil parish within Dorset, England, situated on the Jurassic Coast north-east of Weymouth. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the small settlements of Upton, Ringstead and Osmington Mills—had a population of 673.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Osmington is referenced by 55 other articles, and connects out to Dorset, England and World War II.
It sits within the topics Geography of Weymouth, Dorset and Villages in Dorset.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Osmington
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 227
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- High Street, Osmington - geograph.org.uk - 618632.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- High Street, Osmington
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Osmington
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.population
- 673
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- WEYMOUTH
- UK place.postcode_district
- DT3
- UK place.postcode_area
- DT
- UK place.dial_code
- 01305
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SY725829
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Dorset
- Population
- 673
- Image
- Osmington (2870518588).jpg
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- Osmington
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- SY725829
- postal code
- DT3
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- References
- External links
Osmington is a village and civil parish within Dorset, England, situated on the Jurassic Coast north-east of Weymouth. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the small settlements of Upton, Ringstead and Osmington Mills—had a population of 673.
==History== Evidence exists of Bronze Age settlement in the area. The village's written history, however, begins in 940, when it is mentioned in a charter.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Osmington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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