Towns & cities · South East England
Stourpaine
Stourpaine — village in Dorset, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Stourpaine is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 338 people. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Dorset, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.8830°, -2.1990°.
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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
Stourpaine () is a village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the valley of the River Stour in the Dorset administrative district, three miles (five kilometres) northwest of Blandford Forum. The A350 road, which connects Blandford to Shaftesbury to the north, passes through the village. The chalk hills of Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Downs lie immediately northeast and southwest respectively. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 277 dwellings, 265 households and a population of 617. It was the original site of the Great Dorset Steam Fair, which has been held at nearby Tarrant Hinton in more recent years. The joint benefice of Pimperne, Stourpaine, Durweston and Bryanston is in the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury.
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Background
History
A gift of land to the church is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The church of the Holy Trinity is medieval; in the 15th century the tower and nave were rebuilt in the Perpendicular style so that the nave was enlarged. Box pews were installed in the 18th century but by the 19th century the church was so dilapidated that rebuilding was undertaken (apart from the tower); the architect for the rebuilding was T. H. Wyatt. The funeral service of Major Bruce Shand, the father of Queen Camilla, was held at the Holy Trinity Church in Stourpaine on 16 June 2006, after which Major Shand's body was cremated. The funeral of his son Mark was also at Stourpaine, in 2014.
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- Coordinates
- 50.8830, -2.1990
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Stourpaine
- Postcode
- DT11 8JZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Dorset
- Population
- 338
Sources
- wikidata: Q984737 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Stourpaine (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The Village of Stourpaine from Hod Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1278856.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stourpaine?
- Stourpaine is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DT11 8JZ), in the parish of Stourpaine.
- Is Stourpaine a protected site?
- Yes — Stourpaine is part of the Dorset National Landscape (AONB) and the Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Stourpaine free to visit?
- Yes, Stourpaine is free to enter.
- How do I get to Stourpaine?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DT11 8JZ. It sits within the North Dorset parliamentary constituency.