Goathill is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the county of
Dorset
Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...
in
England
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, situated in northern Dorset, a couple of miles east of the town of
Sherborne
Sherborne is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England. It is sited on the River Yeo (South Somerset), River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The parish include ...
. It lies very close to the county boundary however, and for much of its history (until 1896) lay instead within the neighbouring county of
Somerset
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, and has been described as being "just in Dorset by a nanny-goat's whisker". It remains part of the
diocese of Bath and Wells.
Goathill, together with the three village parishes of
Poyntington,
Castleton and
Oborne, form a group of parishes that share a
grouped parish council called Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council.
The parish was part of the
hundred
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In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
of
Horethorne.
St Peter's church and a mill are the major buildings. Nearby is
Goathill Quarry, a place of special scientific interest to geologists as it allows the
Fuller's earth
Fuller's earth is a term for various clays used as an absorbent, filter, or bleaching agent. Products labeled fuller's earth typically consist of palygorskite (also known as attapulgite) or bentonite. Primary modern uses include as absorbents ...
layers to be established in relation to the
limestone
Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
.
English Nature citation sheet for the site
(accessed July 2009) Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 Goathill parish had a population of 10.[
To the north, in Somerset, is the village of Milborne Port.
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References
External links
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Hamlets in Dorset
Places formerly in Somerset
Civil parishes in Dorset