Symondsbury
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Symondsbury () is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, west of Bridport and west of Dorchester. The A35 road runs through the parish to the south of the village. The village has a pub (the Ilchester Arms), a pottery and a primary school. Symondsbury parish extends from Eype and West Cliff (West Bay) in the south, to the Marshwood Vale in the north. The village is in the Dorset National Landscape area. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 1,059.
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Place details
- Locality
- Higher Eype
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Symondsbury, parish church of St. John the Baptist - geograph.org.uk - 525967.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Parish church of St John the Baptist
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Symondsbury
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.population
- 1,059
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- Bridport
- UK place.postcode_district
- DT6
- UK place.postcode_area
- DT
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SY445936
- UK place.dial_code
- 01308
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History and economy
- Governance
- Colmer's Hill
- Church
- Principal houses
- Transport
- Demography
- References
- External links
Symondsbury () is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, west of Bridport and west of Dorchester. The A35 road runs through the parish to the south of the village. The village has a pub (the Ilchester Arms), a pottery and a primary school. Symondsbury parish extends from Eype and West Cliff (West Bay) in the south, to the Marshwood Vale in the north. The village is in the Dorset National Landscape area. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 1,059.
==Toponymy== The name Symondsbury derives from Old English and means the hill or barrow (beorg) belonging to a man named Sigemund. It was listed in the Domesday Book as Simondesberge.
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