Nether Cerne is a hamlet and

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in the

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. It lies within the

unitary authority administrative area, about north of the county town Dorchester and south 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 ...

. The

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which connects those towns lies about to the west.

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's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 20.

Etymology

For Cerne, see River Cerne: Etymology.

Description

Nether Cerne is sited by the small River Cerne which rises near

Minterne Magna Minterne Magna is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Dorset, England, situated midway between Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester and Sherborne. In the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census the parish had a population of 184 ...

to the north and runs in a narrow valley which is aligned roughly north-south. The Cerne Valley is one of several roughly parallel valleys which drain the

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of the

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. The settlement of Nether Cerne comprises a church and adjacent late 17th-century house, plus a few cottages. In 1906

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described the house and church as ''"ancient old cronies, still hobnobbing together"''.

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was originally built from rubble and flint in the second half of the 13th century, though it was restored in 1876 and has a 15th-century tower. It is maintained by

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(previously the Redundant Churches Fund).

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*{{Commons category-inline Hamlets in Dorset Civil parishes in Dorset