Sutton Waldron

Sutton Waldron

Sutton Waldron
Sutton Waldron
Sutton Waldron shown within Dorset
Population 200 
OS grid reference ST862158
Civil parish
  • Sutton Waldron
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BLANDFORD FORUM
Postcode district DT11
Dialling code 01747
Police Dorset
Fire Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

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, 8 miles (13 km) north of Blandford Forum and 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Shaftesbury. In the 2011 census the parish had 93 dwellings,[1] 87 households and a population of 200.[2]

The parish covers about 1,300 acres (530 ha) in a strip of land that, from west to east, is composed of Kimmeridge clay, Lower Greensand, Gault Clay, Upper Greensand and chalk.[3]

In 1086 in the Domesday Book Sutton Waldron was recorded as Sudtone;[4] it had 24 households, one mill, six ploughlands, 6 acres (2.4 ha) of meadow and 40 acres (16 ha) of woodland. It was in the hundred of Gillingham and the lord and tenant-in-chief was Waleran the hunter.[5]

The parish church dates from 1847 and is constructed in the Decorated Gothic style.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Area: Sutton Waldron (Parish). Dwellings, Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2011 (KS401EW)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Area: Sutton Waldron (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "'Sutton Waldron', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 4, North (London, 1972), pp. 84-88". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dorset S-Z". The Domesday Book Online. domesdaybook.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Place: Sutton [Waldron]". Open Domesday. domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  6. ↑ North Dorset District Council (1982–83). North Dorset District Official Guide. Home Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 49.

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