Chettle
| Chettle | |
 Chettle parish church |
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  Chettle |
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| Population | 90 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | ST952134 |
| Civil parish | Chettle |
| District | North Dorset |
| Shire county | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLANDFORD FORUM |
| Postcode district | DT11 |
| Dialling code | 01258 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Dorset |
Coordinates: 50°55′13″N 2°04′09″W / 50.9203°N 2.0692°W
Chettle is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of the town of Blandford Forum.[2] It is sited at the head of a gently-sloping valley on the dip slope of the chalk formation called Cranborne Chase. The A354 trunk road crosses the valley about 1 km to the south. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 90.[1]
Chettle House, the village manor, is a red brick Baroque mansion designed by Thomas Archer, a pupil of Vanbrugh, and built by the Bastard brothers of Blandford Forum during the reign of Queen Anne.[3][4] Pevsner considered it to be one of England's finest Baroque houses.[5] Two rounded ends were added to the house in 1912.[3] Part of the house is open to the public.
A book about the village, "Enduring Village", was published in August, 2008.[6]
Notes
- 1 2 "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ Chettle village website Archived October 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 Gant, R., Dorset Villages, Hale, 1980, p40
- ↑ Chettle House
- ↑ Jack O'Sullivan (8 August 1998). "Outdoors: The thrill of the Chase". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ Article about village
External links
Media related to Chettle at Wikimedia Commons
