Hampreston

Hampreston
Hampreston Church
Hampreston  Hampreston shown within Dorset
OS grid reference	SZ054987
Civil parish	Ferndown
District	East Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FERNDOWN
Postcode district	BH22
Dialling code	01202
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Christchurch
List of places UK England Dorset

Coordinates: 50°47′20″N 1°55′30″W / 50.789°N 1.925°W / 50.789; -1.925

Hampreston is a small village in the civil parish of Ferndown in East Dorset, southern England. Before 1972, the whole parish took the name of Hampreston, with its population rising from 1,860 in 1921 to 11,750 in 1971.^[1]

The village has a school,^[2] an Anglican parish church^[3] and a farm shop.

The folk singer Bob Roberts was born in Hampreston.

References

1. ↑ Parish & Ward Population Estimates for Dorset 1992-2004
2. ↑ School web site
3. ↑ University of Bath - Dorset Churches

External links

Media related to Hampreston at Wikimedia Commons