Moor Crichel
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 Parish church of St Mary |
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  Moor Crichel |
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| Population | 140 (2013 estimate) |
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| OS grid reference | ST993086 |
| Civil parish | Moor Crichel |
| District | East Dorset |
| Shire county | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WIMBORNE |
| Postcode district | BH21 |
| Dialling code | 01258 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Dorset |
Coordinates: 50°52′37″N 2°00′40″W / 50.877°N 2.011°W
Crichel House
Total Population of Moor Crichel Civil Parish, Dorset, as reported by the Census of Population 1801-2011
Map showing Moor Crichel in the 19th Century
Moor Crichel is a village and civil parish in East Dorset, England situated on Cranborne Chase five miles east of Blandford Forum. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Manswood notable for a terrace of twelve thatched cottages. Dorset County Council's 2013 estimate of the parish population is 140.[1] In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 180.[2]
The parish church of St. Mary is in the grounds of Crichel House and not accessible to the public.
In 1870-72 John Marius Wilson described Crichel House as "Critchell-Moore House is the seat of H.Sturt, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Long Critchell, in the diocese of Salisbury".[3]References
- ↑ "Parish Population Data". dorsetforyou.com. Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ Parish & Ward Population Estimates for Dorset 1992-2004
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co.
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