Melbury Bubb

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Coordinates: 50°51′26″N 2°34′31″W / 50.8571°N 2.5753°W

Melbury Bubb
Parish church of St Mary
Melbury Bubb Melbury Bubb shown within Dorset
Population	78
District	West Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
List of places UK England Dorset

Bubb Down Hill (centre left) seen from Batcombe Hill

Melbury Bubb is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies within the West Dorset administrative district, 7 miles (11 km) south of the town of Sherborne. It is sited on Cornbrash limestone soil^[1] beneath the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. The A37 trunk road between Dorchester and Bristol passes about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the west, on the other side of Bubb Down Hill. In the 2001 Census the village had a population of 78.

References

↑ Ralph Wightman (1983). Portrait of Dorset (4 ed.). Robert Hale Ltd. p. 18. ISBN 0 7090 0844 9.

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v t e Towns, villages and hamlets in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England

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