Chettle
| Chettle | |
 Chettle parish church |
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  Chettle Chettle shown within Dorset | |
| Population | 80 |
|---|---|
| Civil parish | Chettle |
| District | North 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 |
Chettle is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of the town of Blandford Forum.[1] It is sited at the head of a gently-sloping valley on the dip slope of the chalk formation called Cranborne Chase. The A354 trunk road crosses the valley about 1 km to the south. The village has a population of 80 (2001).[2]
Chettle House, the village manor, is a red brick Baroque mansion designed by Thomas Archer, a pupil of Vanbrugh, and built by the Bastard brothers of Blandford Forum during the reign of Queen Anne.[3][4] Two rounded ends were added to the house in 1912.[3] Part of the house is open to the public.
A book about the village, "Enduring Village", was published in August, 2008.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Chettle village website
- ↑ Census data
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gant, R., Dorset Villages, Hale, 1980, p40
- ↑ Chettle House
- ↑ Article about village
External links
Media related to Chettle at Wikimedia Commons
