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Pimperne

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Also known as Pimperne, Dorset

Pimperne ( ) is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase northeast of the town of Blandford Forum. At the 2011 census the civil parish had 478 households and a population of 1109.

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Place details

Locality
Pimperne
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
1,109
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.official_name
Pimperne
UK place.country
England
UK place.region
South West England
UK place.static_image_name
St Peter's Pimperne.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Parish church of St Peter, Pimperne
UK place.population
1109
UK place.population_ref
(in 2011)
UK place.os_grid_reference
ST905093
UK place.post_town
BLANDFORD FORUM
UK place.postcode_area
DT
UK place.postcode_district
DT11
UK place.dial_code
01258
UK place.constituency_westminster
North Dorset
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Dorset
UK place.unitary_england
Dorset

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Population
1109
Image
Pimperne, postbox No. DT11 108, Chapel Lane - geograph.org.uk - 1375009.jpg
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Commons category
Pimperne
OS grid reference
ST905089
P8168
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Pimperne ( ) is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase northeast of the town of Blandford Forum. At the 2011 census the civil parish had 478 households and a population of 1109.

The first records of Pimperne are in Domesday Book in the late 11th century, where it is recorded as "Pinpre", but it is believed that the village goes back to Anglo-Saxon times. A Bronze Age settlement was discovered in the barrows to the north of the village. A house found there has been used as the model for all Bronze Age houses, including the reconstruction at Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire. The parish church of St Peter was rebuilt by Lord Portman of Bryanston in 1872–4, though some Norman features from the previous building, such as the font and chancel arch, were retained.

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