Broadwindsor

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Broadwindsor is a village in west Dorset, England, two miles west of Beaminster. The village has a population of 1,218 (2001).

Broadwindsor was also formerly a liberty, containing only the parish itself.

Broadwindsor is renowned for its Craft Centre, Lewesdon Hill in bluebell time, 13th century church, in which Thomas Fuller preached.

The village square is much-photographed, especially King Charles Cottage, the place where King Charles II stayed the night in 1651 after his flight from the battle of Worcester.

See List of liberties in Dorset.

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Coordinates: 50°49′N, 2°48′W