Canford Magna
Canford Magna is a village in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. The village is situated just south of the River Stour and lies between the towns of Wimborne Minster and Poole.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: village in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Canford Magna, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Canford Magna Parish Church and Canford School.
Canford Magna Parish Church
Church
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The Canford Magna Parish Church in Canford Magna, Dorset, England – possibly dedicated to St Augustine – is a mixture of Saxon, Norman and Mid Gothic architecture. English Heritage have designated it a Grade I listed building.
Canford School
School
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Canford School is a public school. Situated in 300 acres of parkland near to the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, south west England, it is one of the largest schools by area.
Wimborne Minster
Church
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Wimborne Minster is the parish church of Wimborne, Dorset, England. The minster has existed for over 1300 years and is recognised for its unusual chained library. Wimborne Minster is situated 2 miles northwest of Canford Magna.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merley and Hampreston.
Merley
Village
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Merley is a large housing estate in Poole, a mile south of Wimborne Minster. Originally called Myrle, Merley was a manor in the tithing of Great Canford.
Hampreston
Village
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Hampreston is a small village in the civil parish of Ferndown Town in Dorset, southern England. Until 1986 the whole parish took the name of Hampreston, with its population rising from 1,860 in 1921 to 11,750 in 1971. All Saints, the Church of England parish church, was begun in the 14th century and is a Grade II* listed building.
Wimborne Minster
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Wimborne Minster, also called just Wimborne, is a town of 16,000 people at the confluence of the River Stour and the River Allen, on the Dorset Heaths in Dorset, England.
Canford Magna
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.78422° or 50° 47′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.95383° or 1° 57′ 14″ westElevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
9C2WQ2MW+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 12177917265OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Canford Magna” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Canford Magna”
- French: “Canford Magna”
- Irish: “Canford Magna”
- Polish: “Canford Magna”
- Swedish: “Canford Magna”
- Welsh: “Canford Magna”
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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 “Canford Magna”. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.