Durweston
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Durweston is a village in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour where it flows out of the Blackmore Vale through a steep, narrow gap between the Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase hills, two miles north of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 428.[1] It is home to Knighton House School for girls, a picturesque prep school home to around 100 girls in red dungarees.
It is also home to a thriving football team, set up in 1999 by Gary and Sandra Sutherland. At the time of writing, over 40 young boys (and occasionally girls) play every Saturday morning over three age groups. There is also a men's football team, although they do not play in the village.
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- ^ ONS/DCC, 2001. Census data
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There is an annual tradition of "Shroving" every Shrove Tuesday, when the schoolchildren of Durweston First School process around the village during the morning, calling on local people, singing songs, giving flowers, and bringing good cheer. Those who are visited may also give the children bread or other tidbits to eat. This is a very old tradition, which has largely died out in England, and Durweston is thought to be one of the very few villages in England that has maintained the tradition.
