Dorset
East Dorset District
Sturminster Marshall

Sturminster Marshall

Sturminster Marshall is a village and civil parish in the east of in England, situated on the River Stour between and . The parish had a population of 1,895 at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,969 at the 2011 Census and includes the village of west of Sturminster Marshall, near and the hamlet of to the south-east of the village.
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  • Type: Village with 1,490 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Sturminster Marshall, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Mary the Virgin and Philae obelisk.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Obelisk
Photo: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is one of a pair of twin obelisks erected at Philae in in the second century BC. It was discovered by William John Bankes in 1815, who had it brought to in , , where it still stands today. is situated 2 miles northeast of Sturminster Marshall.

Manor estate
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is a country house and estate near , , England. It was for many years the family seat of the Bankes family who lived nearby at until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners, Sir John Bankes and Dame Mary, had remained loyal to Charles I. is situated 2 miles northeast of Sturminster Marshall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Almer and Spetisbury.

Hamlet
Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sturminster Marshall, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of , England. is situated 2 miles west of Sturminster Marshall.

Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in north , England, situated on the River Stour and the A350, four miles southeast of . According to the Domesday Book of 1086, the village had 30 households. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Sturminster Marshall.

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pimley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , England. It is in the unitary authority of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, between the village of and the market town of . is situated 3½ miles east of Sturminster Marshall.

Sturminster Marshall

Latitude
50.79586° or 50° 47′ 45″ north
Longitude
-2.07464° or 2° 4′ 29″ west
Population
1,490
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
Open location code
9C2VQWWG+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29215578
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2636584
Wiki­data ID
Q5376089
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sturminster Marshall” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sturminster Marshall”
  • Chinese: “Sturminster Marshall”
  • Dutch: “Sturminster Marshall”
  • French: “Sturminster Marshall”
  • Irish: “Sturminster Marshall”
  • Italian: “Sturminster Marshall”
  • Japanese: “スターミンスター・マーシャル”
  • Ladin: “Sturminster Marshall”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sturminster Marshall”
  • Persian: “استارمینستر مارشال”
  • Polish: “Sturminster Marshall”
  • Spanish: “Sturminster Marshall”
  • Swedish: “Sturminster Marshall”
  • Welsh: “Sturminster Marshall”
  • “Sturminster Marshall”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sturminster Marshall”. Photo: Bellminsterboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.