Dorset
West Dorset District
Portesham

Portesham

Portesham, sometimes also spelt Portisham, is a village and civil parish in the county of in southwest England, situated in the Dorset Council administrative area approximately 6 miles northwest of , 6 miles southwest of the county town , and 2 miles northeast of the World Heritage Site at .
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Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 566 residents
  • Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Portesham, Dorset” and “Portisham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Peter’s Church, Portesham and Hell Stone.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church is an Anglican church, the parish church in the village of Portesham, . It is a Grade I listed building. The earliest parts date from the 12th century, and it has suffered comparatively little from restoration.

Archaeological site
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a badly-restored Neolithic dolmen on Portesham Hill in , England. It is just to the north of the village of Portesham, and approximately three-quarters of a mile southeast of the .

Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a stone circle located near to the village of Portesham in the county of . Archaeologists believe that it was likely erected during the Bronze Age.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abbotsbury and Nottington.

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and civil parish in the English county of . The village is located around 7+1⁄2 miles west southwest of and 1 mile inland from the coast.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village within the Dorset unitary authority area of the county of , England. Its nearest town is , which lies approximately 2.6 miles to the south-east. is situated 4 miles southeast of Portesham.

Village
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of in south , England. The suburb is situated on the B3159 road in the Wey valley. The area was formerly a village until it was absorbed into the Weymouth built-up area. is situated 4 miles east of Portesham.

Portesham

Latitude
50.67064° or 50° 40′ 14″ north
Longitude
-2.56473° or 2° 33′ 53″ west
Population
566
Elevation
246 feet (75 metres)
Open location code
9C2VMCCP+74
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29928656
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640063
Wiki­data ID
Q2683476
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Frisian—“Portesham” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Portesham”
  • Cebuano: “Portesham”
  • Chinese: “Portesham”
  • Dutch: “Portesham”
  • French: “Portesham”
  • Irish: “Portesham”
  • Italian: “Portesham”
  • Ladin: “Portesham”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Portesham”
  • Persian: “پورتشم”
  • Polish: “Portesham”
  • Spanish: “Portesham”
  • Swedish: “Portesham”
  • Welsh: “Portesham”
  • Western Frisian: “Portesham”
  • “Portesham”

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Highlights include Portesham Church of England Primary School and Portesham Village Hall.

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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 “Portesham”. Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.