Dorset
Purbeck District
Moreton

Moreton

Moreton is a village and civil parish in , , situated on the River Frome about 8 miles east of . In the 2011 census the civil parish had 158 households and a population of 373.
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  • Type: Village with 347 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, UK
  • Also known as: “Moreton, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Nicholas’ Church, Moreton and The Tank Museum.

Church
Photo: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas' is a Church of England parish church at Moreton, Dorset, England. It is known for its thirteen windows, engraved by the poet and artist Sir Laurence Whistler. T. E. Lawrence was buried in the separate churchyard.

Museum
Photo: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at in , . It is about 1 mile north of the village of and 12 miles west of the major port of . is situated 2 miles east of Moreton.

Photo: LordHarris, CC BY 2.5.
is an isolated early 19th-century cottage near in the county of in . It is the former home of T. E. Lawrence. The cottage is a Grade II* listed building and is owned by the National Trust. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Moreton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Briantspuddle and Affpuddle.

Hamlet
Photo: TR001, CC BY 3.0.
is a small village in the in , England, near the villages of and and about 8 miles east of the county town of . is situated 2½ miles north of Moreton.

Hamlet
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is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of and Turnerspuddle, in the Dorset district of the ceremonial county of , England, 9 miles east of . is situated 2½ miles north of Moreton.

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles east of the county town . Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80. is situated 2½ miles west of Moreton.

Moreton

Latitude
50.70363° or 50° 42′ 13″ north
Longitude
-2.27973° or 2° 16′ 47″ west
Population
347
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB MRT
Open location code
9C2VPP3C+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1590370722
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2642206
Wiki­data ID
Q2836339
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Moreton” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Moreton”
  • Chinese: “Moreton”
  • Chinese: “莫頓鎮”
  • Chinese: “莫顿镇”
  • Dutch: “Moreton”
  • Finnish: “Moreton”
  • French: “Moreton”
  • Irish: “Moreton”
  • Italian: “Moreton (Dorset)”
  • Italian: “Moreton”
  • Japanese: “モルトン”
  • Ladin: “Moreton (Dorset)”
  • Ladin: “Moreton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Moreton (Dorset)”
  • Persian: “مورتون، دورست”
  • Polish: “Moreton”
  • Portuguese: “Moreton”
  • Swedish: “Moreton, Dorset”
  • Swedish: “Moreton”
  • Welsh: “Moreton, Dorset”
  • Welsh: “Moreton”
  • “Moreton”

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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 “Moreton”. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.