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Shapwick village centre |
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Shapwick
Shapwick shown within Dorset |
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| Population | 190 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | ST939020 |
| Parish | Shapwick |
| District | East Dorset |
| Shire county | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLANDFORD FORUM |
| Postcode district | DT11 |
| Dialling code | 01258 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Dorset |
| List of places: UK • England • Dorset | |
Shapwick is a village and civil parish in east Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour five miles south east of Blandford Forum and eight miles north of Poole. The village has a population of 190 (As of 2001[update]).
Within the parish, about a mile to the northeast of the village, is the Iron Age hillfort of Badbury Rings.[2]
In Roman times there was a Roman Fort at Crab Farm, between Shapwick and Badbury Rings. Just to the east of the fort was a small Romano-British town, believed to be that listed in the Antonine Itinerary as Vindocladia.[3]
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