Towns & cities · South East England
Shillingstone
Shillingstone — village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Shillingstone is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 541 people. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.9000°, -2.2500°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Dorset
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Shillingstone is a village and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Sturminster Newton and Blandford Forum. In the 2021 census the civil parish had 503 households and a population of 1,165. South of Shillingstone is a large area of woodland on Okeford and Shillingstone Hill which forms part of Blandford Forest.
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Background
History
Shillingstone features in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a settlement of 46 households, with meadow, woodlands and a mill, under the lordship of Ascelin. Its name is a derivation of Eschelling's (or Ascelin's) town. It once had the tallest maypole in Dorset – 86 ft high. An agricultural community, it specialised in the production of moss. In the First World War, it earned the title "the bravest village in Britain", because of the high proportion of residents who volunteered to join the armed forces. In 1924 the Shillingstone lime works was started to extract lime from the chalk beds at Shillingstone Hill.
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- Coordinates
- 50.9000, -2.2500
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Shillingstone
- Postcode
- DT11 0TT
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Dorset
- Population
- 541
- Official site
- www.shillingstone.info
Sources
- wikidata: Q1868437 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Shillingstone (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Shillingstone, Gospel Hall and cross - geograph.org.uk - 1318553.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Standing cross, Okeford Fitzpaine
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Okeford Hill Picnic Site
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Shillingstone?
- Shillingstone is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DT11 0TT), in the parish of Shillingstone.
- Is Shillingstone a protected site?
- Yes — Shillingstone is part of the Dorset National Landscape (AONB) and the Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Shillingstone free to visit?
- Yes, Shillingstone is free to enter.
- How do I get to Shillingstone?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DT11 0TT. It sits within the North Dorset parliamentary constituency.