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Beacon (ward)
Beacon is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council. Geography The Beacon ward is rural and contains the civil parishes of Ashmore, Cann, Compton Abbas, East Orchard, Fontmell Magna, Guy's Marsh, Hammoon, Iwerne Courtney, Iwerne Minster, Iwerne Stepleton, Manston, Margaret Marsh, Melbury Abbas, Stour Provost, Stour Row, Sutton Waldron, Todber, West Orchard. Councillors Election 2024 Dorset Council election 2019 Dorset Council election References {{Dorset (Unitary Authority) Wards See also * List of electoral wards in Dorset This is a list of Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Dorset in South West England. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the ... Wards of Dorset ...
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Dorset Council (UK)
Dorset Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Dorset in England. It is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county of Dorset, which also includes Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. The council was created in 2019 when local government across Dorset was reorganised. The council has been under Liberal Democrat majority control since the 2024 election. It is based at County Hall in Dorchester. History Prior to 2019, the non-metropolitan county of Dorset had a two-tier structure of local government, with Dorset County Council serving as the upper-tier authority, and the six district councils of Christchurch, East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, West Dorset, and Weymouth and Portland serving as lower-tier authorities. The boroughs of Bournemouth and Poole had both been removed from the non-metropolitan county in 1997 to becom ...
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Iwerne Stepleton
Iwerne Stepleton (anciently Ewern Stapleton, etc.) is a small civil parish and former manor in the county of Dorset, England. The parish comprises about 800 acres of land and lies on the eastern side of the River Iwerne. The soil is chalk. The surviving St Mary's parish church, to the west of the parish, was founded in about 1100 and stood originally surrounded by the village of Iwerne Stepleton, deserted at some time before 1662 and replaced by the surviving large structure of Stepleton House Stepleton House is a 17th-century country house in the parish of Iwerne Stepleton in Dorset, situated about north of Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Originally built around a courtyard, the house is now a six ....'Iwerne Stepleton', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 3, Central (London, 1970), pp. 132–135. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol3/pp132-135 References External links {{authority control V ...
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2024 Dorset Council Election
The 2024 Dorset Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect all 82 councillors to Dorset Council (UK), Dorset Council in England, the same day as other 2024 United Kingdom local elections, local elections in the United Kingdom. Dorset Council was previously controlled by the Conservatives, who won the 2019 Dorset Council election, first election to the Council in 2019. The 2024 election was the last for a five-year term of office; after 2029, elections will take place every four years. The Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats were aiming to gain control of the council from the Conservatives, which they achieved. The Liberal Democrat group leader, Nick Ireland, was subsequently appointed leader of the council at the annual council meeting on 16 May 2024. Wards Overall results Seats changing hands Ward Results Beacon Beaminster Blackmore Vale Blandford Bridport Chalk Valleys ...
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Local Government Boundary Commission For England
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) is a parliamentary body established by statute to conduct boundary, electoral and structural reviews of local government areas in England. The LGBCE is independent of government and political parties, and is directly accountable to the Speaker's Committee of the House of Commons. History and establishment The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, which received royal assent on 12 November 2009, provided for the establishment of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE), and for the transfer to it of all the boundary-related functions of the Boundary Committee for England of the Electoral Commission. The transfer took place in April 2010. Responsibilities and objectives The Local Government Boundary Commission for England is responsible for three types of review: electoral reviews; administrative boundary reviews; and structural reviews. Electoral reviews An electoral r ...
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West Orchard
West Orchard is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale in the Dorset administrative district, approximately halfway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton. It is separated from the adjacent settlement of East Orchard by a stream. In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 50. For local government purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of East Orchard and Margaret Marsh, to form a Group Parish Council. St Luke's Church was rebuilt in 1876–77 to the designs of Thomas Henry Wyatt, but the chancel is 15th-century. Etymology The name of West Orchard is first attested in a charter of 939 (surviving in a fifteenth-century copy), in the form ''Archet''. The name derives from the Common Brittonic words that survive in modern Welsh as ("on") and ("wood"), and thus the name once meant "at the wood". Its modern form shows assimilation to the English noun ''orchard'' throu ...
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Todber
Todber is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale, about southwest of Shaftesbury. The underlying geology is Corallian limestone. In the 2011 census the parish had 55 households and a population of 140. In 1086 Todber was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Todeberie''; it was in the hundred of Gillingham, the lord was Geoffrey Mallory and the tenant-in-chief was William of Mohun. It had one mill, of meadow and 2 ploughlands. Todber parish church was rebuilt in the Early English and Perpendicular styles in 1879, though the tower is of earlier construction. Todber is one of four parishes — the others being East Stour, Stour Provost Stour Provost is a village and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Sturminster Newton and Gillingham. In old writings it is usually spelled Stower Provost. Stour Provost once ... and West Stour — under the ...
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Sutton Waldron
Sutton Waldron is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the A350 road between Iwerne Minster and Fontmell Magna, in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, north of Blandford Forum and south of Shaftesbury. In the 2011 census the parish had 93 dwellings, 87 households and a population of 200. The parish covers about in a strip of land that, from west to east, is composed of Kimmeridge clay, Lower Greensand, Gault Clay, Upper Greensand and chalk. In 1086 in the Domesday Book, Sutton Waldron was recorded as ''Sudtone''; it had 24 households, one mill, six ploughlands, of meadow and of woodland. It was in the hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101. In mathematics 100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ... of Gillingham and the lord and tenant-in-chief was Wa ...
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Stour Row
Stour Row is a village in north Dorset, England, situated beside Duncliffe Hill southwest of Shaftesbury. It lies within the parish of the neighbouring village of Stour Provost. Stour Row has approximately 150 houses and 300 residents. It has a village hall, which is used for social events. Today it has few other amenities, but it had a petrol station, pub and shop prior to the early 1980s. It has a church, All Saints, which was built in 1867 but which has now closed due to falling congregation numbers. The last service was held in the church on 15 October 2015. Stour Row lies within the SP7 postcode area on the edge of the Blackmore Vale. History Stour Row developed as a small hamlet along the Shaftesbury to Marnhull road, some west of Shaftesbury. Originally, known as Stower Row, it was part of the manor of Stour Provost which itself is mentioned in the Domesday Book simply as ‘Stur’. The manor and lands of Stower had been granted to Eton College by Henry VI but t ...
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Stour Provost
Stour Provost is a village and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Sturminster Newton and Gillingham. In old writings it is usually spelled Stower Provost. Stour Provost once constituted a liberty Liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. The concept of liberty can vary depending on perspective and context. In the Constitutional ..., containing only the parish itself. Today the civil parish includes the settlements of Woodville and Stour Row to the east. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 235 households and a population of 579. After the establishment of Stour Provost village near the River Stour, at least four smaller settlements were established in a piecemeal fashion from the 13th century – or perhaps earlier – in the common land or "waste" further east, at Woodville and beyond. Th ...
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Melbury Abbas
Melbury Abbas is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, south-southwest of the town of Shaftesbury. The parish includes West Melbury and part of Cann Common. In the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census the parish had 147 dwellings, 134 households and a population of 305. History In 1086 Melbury Abbas was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Meleberie''. It was in Sixpenny Handley Hundred, Sixpenny Hundred and had 47 households, 12 ploughlands and 4 mills. The lord and tenant-in-chief was Shaftesbury Abbey. Church of St Thomas This is on the south side of the village and as well as a square tower at the south west end, has a large spire mounted on the SW corner of the top of the tower. The original stone church of Norman times had a tower with three bells, at least one transept, and a west door. It survived until 1852 when it was in poor co ...
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Margaret Marsh
Margaret Marsh is a hamlet and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, halfway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton. It is sited on Kimmeridge Clay close to a small tributary stream of the River Stour. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 60. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 40. The parish church has a 15th-century tower and 13th-century font, but the rest of the building was rebuilt in 1873. For local government purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of East Orchard East Orchard is a small village and parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale within the Dorset administrative district. It is situated roughly midway between the hilltop town of Shaftesbury and the rivers ... and West Orchard, to form a Group Parish Council.
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Manston, Dorset
Manston is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, lying next to the River Stour in the Blackmore Vale, east of Sturminster Newton. The geology of the parish consists mostly of Kimmeridge clay, with a thin strip of Corallian limestone in the west. History In 1086 in the Domesday Book, Manston was recorded as ''Manestone''; it had 19 households, 8 ploughlands, of meadow and 2 mills. It was in the hundred of Gillingham and tenant-in-chief was Waleran the hunter. The parish church of St Nicholas has a 13th-century chancel, 14th-century nave and 15th-century west tower. The first legal cremation Cremation is a method of Disposal of human corpses, final disposition of a corpse through Combustion, burning. Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial. In some countries, including India, Nepal, and ... in Britain took place at Manston House in 1883, carried out by Captain Thomas Hanham. In 2013 ...
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