Netherbury

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Coordinates: 50°47′28″N 2°45′00″W / 50.791°N 2.75°W / 50.791; -2.75
Netherbury

Parish church of St Mary
Netherbury

 Netherbury shown within Dorset
Population 1,276 
OS grid reference SY470993
District West Dorset
Shire county Dorset
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRIDPORT
Postcode district DT6
Police Dorset
Fire Dorset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament West Dorset
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Dorset

Netherbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the West Dorset administrative district and is sited by the small River Brit, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Beaminster and 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Bridport. The A3066 road connecting those towns lies 0.5 miles to the east. As of 2001 the population of the village was 1,276.

In addition to domestic buildings, Netherbury comprises a church, a village hall, and a play park. The church possesses a Norman font, a 15th-century altar tomb and a 16th-century pulpit.[1] On the hills surrounding the village are examples of strip lynchets.[1]

The valley of the River Brit used to contain several mills which processed the flax for use in the rope-making industry at Bridport. In Netherbury the river is crossed by a 17th-century bridge which has three arches which are all dissimilar; the large round eastern arch is constructed for the millrace.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 West Dorset District Council (c. 1982). West Dorset Holiday and Tourist Guide. p. 14. 
  2. ↑ Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Limited. pp. 127–8. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3. 

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