Wraxall, Dorset

Wraxall
Church of St Mary, Lower Wraxall
Wraxall is located in Dorset
Wraxall
Wraxall
Location within Dorset
Population40 [1]
OS grid referenceST572012
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDorchester
Postcode districtDT2
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Dorset
50°48′20″N 2°36′21″W / 50.8056°N 2.6059°W / 50.8056; -2.6059

Wraxall is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset, consisting of the two hamlets Higher Wraxall and Lower Wraxall. It is situated in a valley in the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs, about 11 miles (18 km) north-west of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 40.[1]

The origin of the name Wraxall, shared with several other villages in Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset, is thought to be "a nook of land frequented by buzzards".[2]

St Mary's Church is the most noticeable building in the parish.

References

  1. ^ a b "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. ^ Bristol & Avon Family History Society

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