Nether Compton
Nether Compton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated approximately 3 miles west of Sherborne and 3 miles east of Yeovil in Somerset. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 328.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: BishopHerman, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 328 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Nether Compton, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parish Church of St Nicholas and St Michael’s Church, Over Compton.
St Michael’s Church, Over Compton
Church
Photo: BishopHerman, Public domain.
St Michael's Church is a Church of England church in Over Compton, Dorset, England. The church dates to the 15th-century, with later additions and restorations.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adber and Mudford.
Adber
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Adber is a hamlet in the civil parish of Trent in Dorset, England. It is known as Ateberie in the Domesday Book. The toponym is Old English, from Ēata and bearu, and means "grove of a man named Eata". Adber is situated 2 miles north of Nether Compton.
Mudford
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mudford is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated 3 miles from Yeovil in the South Somerset district on the River Yeo. The village has a population of 696. Mudford is situated 2 miles northwest of Nether Compton.
Sherborne
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sherborne is a small town in England. A market town and civil parish in northwest Dorset, it's sited on the River Yeo on the edge of the Blackmore Vale.
Nether Compton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Nether Compton, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.95421° or 50° 57′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.57339° or 2° 34′ 24″ westPopulation
328Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)Open location code
9C2VXC3G+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 256517644OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2652492Wikidata ID
Q933874
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Nether Compton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nether Compton”
- Chinese: “Nether Compton”
- Dutch: “Nether Compton”
- French: “Nether Compton”
- Irish: “Nether Compton”
- Italian: “Nether Compton”
- Japanese: “ドーセット”
- Ladin: “Nether Compton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nether Compton”
- Persian: “ندر کامپتون”
- Polish: “Nether Compton”
- Portuguese: “Nether Compton”
- Slovenian: “Nether Compton”
- Swedish: “Nether Compton”
- Welsh: “Nether Compton”
- “Nether Compton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nether Compton Village Hall and Potato Cave.
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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 “Nether Compton”. Photo: BishopHerman, Public domain.