Frampton
Frampton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 5 miles northwest of the county town Dorchester.Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality with 510 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, UK
- Also known as: “Frampton, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Grimstone Viaduct.
Grimstone Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Nigej, Public domain.
Grimstone Viaduct is a railway bridge at Grimstone in Dorset, south-western England. It carries the Heart of Wessex Line over a road junction off the A37 road. It is directly north of the site of the closed Grimstone and Frampton railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Poundbury and Charlton Down.
Poundbury
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Poundbury is an experimental urban extension on the western outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England. The development is led by the Duchy of Cornwall, and had the keen endorsement of King Charles III when he was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. Poundbury is situated 4 miles southeast of Frampton.
Charlton Down
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlton Down is a new village in Dorset, England, situated approximately 4 miles north of the county town Dorchester. It lies within the civil parish of Charminster. Charlton Down is situated 3½ miles east of Frampton.
Godmanstone
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Godmanstone is a village and civil parish in Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 4 miles north of the county town Dorchester. Its name means "Godman's Farm" and it is sited by the River Cerne amongst chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. Godmanstone is situated 3½ miles northeast of Frampton.
Frampton
- Categories: village and civil parish
- Location: West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Frampton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Frampton”
- Chinese: “Frampton”
- Dutch: “Frampton”
- French: “Frampton”
- Irish: “Frampton”
- Italian: “Frampton (Dorset)”
- Italian: “Frampton”
- Japanese: “フランプトン”
- Ladin: “Frampton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Frampton (Dorset)”
- Persian: “فرمپتون، دورست”
- Polish: “Frampton”
- Swedish: “Frampton, Dorset”
- Swedish: “Frampton”
- Urdu: “فریمپٹن، ڈورسیٹ”
- Welsh: “Frampton, Dorset”
- Welsh: “Frampton”
- “Frampton”
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