Buckland Newton
Buckland Newton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated beneath the scarp slope of the Dorset Downs on the southern periphery of the Blackmore Vale, 7+1⁄2 miles south of Sherborne.Photo: SuzanneKn, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 671 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Buckland Newton, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parish Church of St Pancras and Church of St Andrew, Minterne Magna.
Parish Church of St Pancras
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Pancras is situated 2 miles south of Buckland Newton.
Church of St Andrew, Minterne Magna
Church
Photo: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0.
Church of St Andrew, Minterne Magna is situated 2 miles west of Buckland Newton.
Parish Church of St Thomas A Becket
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Thomas A Becket is situated 2½ miles northeast of Buckland Newton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cosmore and Plush.
Cosmore
Hamlet
Cosmore is a hamlet in Dorset, situated just off the main A352 Sherborne-Dorchester road. It sits at the foot of Dogbury Hill, one of Dorset's highest points.
Plush
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plush is a small village in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the civil parish of Piddletrenthide in the west of the county, and is approximately 8 miles north of the county town Dorchester. Plush is situated 2½ miles southeast of Buckland Newton.
Up Cerne
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Up Cerne is a hamlet lying to the west of the River Cerne, between Minterne Magna and Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. It was the birthplace of John Mount Batten. Up Cerne is situated 2½ miles southwest of Buckland Newton.
Buckland Newton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Buckland Newton, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.84562° or 50° 50′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.43844° or 2° 26′ 18″ westPopulation
671Elevation
440 feet (134 metres)Open location code
9C2VRHW6+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 432970315OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2654398Wikidata ID
Q2798332
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Buckland Newton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Buckland Newton”
- Chinese: “Buckland Newton”
- Dutch: “Buckland Newton”
- French: “Buckland Newton”
- Irish: “Buckland Newton”
- Ladin: “Buckland Newton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Buckland Newton”
- Polish: “Buckland Newton”
- Swedish: “Buckland Newton”
- Welsh: “Buckland Newton”
- “Buckland Newton”
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