Broadwindsor

Human settlement in England

Dorset

Dorset

Region

South West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBeaminsterPostcode districtDT8PoliceDorsetFire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament

West Dorset

WebsiteBroadwindsor Village

List of places: UK; England; Dorset

50°49′08″N 2°47′56″W / 50.8189°N 2.7989°W / 50.8189; -2.7989

Broadwindsor ( /ˌbrɔːdˈwɪnzər/) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Beaminster. Broadwindsor was formerly a liberty, containing only the parish itself. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 1,320.^[1] In the 2011 census the population of the parish, combined with that of the small parish of Seaborough to the north, was 1,378.^[2]

The parish church is principally Perpendicular in style, though it has origins in the 12th and 13th centuries,^[3] and was rebuilt in 1868.^[4] Thomas Fuller, who wrote The Worthies of England and The History of the Holy Warre, preached here between 1634 and 1650.^[5]

King Charles II stayed the night in the village on 23 September 1651, after his flight from the Battle of Worcester.^[3]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ "Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Broadwindsor (Parish).Key figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b West Dorset Holiday and Tourist Guide. West Dorset District Council. c. 1983. p. 5.
^ Reginald J W Hammond (1979). Dorset Coast (4 ed.). Ward Lock Ltd. p. 43. ISBN 0 7063 5494 X.
^ ^a ^b Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. pp. 107–8. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.

External links

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Broadwindsor.org - launched at the start of Covid 2020 to keep the rural community informed of the ever changing rules - this is now the most informative and up to date village website run by an individual.

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