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Longburton

Longburton

Longburton or Long Burton is a village in , England, three miles south of . It is sited on a narrow outcrop of Cornbrash limestone, at the western end of Blackmore Vale. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 524.
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  • Type: Village with 470 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Long Burton” and “Longburton, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parish Church of St James and Folke Wood.

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

Forest
is a wood near in , . It was planted by the Woodland Trust in 1985. It consists of native broadleaved trees as well as apple and ash trees. The apple trees are the remains of an orchard which existed in the 19th century.

Pub
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Folke and Alweston.

Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a parish in the county of in southern , situated in the Blackmore Vale, approximately 3.5 miles south-east of . The parish has an area of 2,120 acres and is made of the villages of and Alweston, and the hamlet of Bishops Down.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , , situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of . Historically it belonged to the Parish of , in the Hundred of Sherborne.

Village
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a civil parish in the county of . The parish virtually encircles the town of , and contains within its boundary both and Sherborne Old Castle. is situated 2 miles north of Longburton.

Longburton

Latitude
50.91771° or 50° 55′ 4″ north
Longitude
-2.50482° or 2° 30′ 17″ west
Population
470
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
Open location code
9C2VWF9W+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 435166304
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2643713
Wiki­data ID
Q3266792
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Longburton” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Лонгбуртон”
  • Cebuano: “Longburton”
  • Chinese: “Longburton”
  • Dutch: “Longburton”
  • French: “Longburton”
  • Irish: “Longburton”
  • Italian: “Longburton”
  • Ladin: “Longburton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Longburton”
  • Persian: “لانگبرتون”
  • Polish: “Longburton”
  • Swedish: “Longburton”
  • Welsh: “Longburton”
  • “Longburton”

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Highlights include Longburton House and Methodist Church.

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