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Bettiscombe

Bettiscombe is a small village and civil parish in west , England, situated in the Marshwood Vale four miles west of . Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish is 50.
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Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Hamlet with 56 residents
  • Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Bettiscombe, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pilsdon Pen and Marshwood Castle.

Peak
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 277-metre hill in in , situated at the north end of the Marshwood Vale, approximately 4.5 miles west of .

Castle
was a motte-and-bailey castle in , Dorset, within the Vale of Marshwood. It was built by William de Mandeville following his elevation to Baron Marshwood in 1205 by King John, and is first recorded as a built castle in 1215.

Church
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St Mary's Church is a Church of England church in , , England. The earliest part of the church is the tower, which dates to 1840, while the rest of the building dates to a rebuild of 1883–84.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marshwood and Whitchurch Canonicorum.

Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in west , , situated on the northern edge of the Vale approximately 5.5 miles northeast of .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in southwest , England, situated in the Marshwood Vale 5 miles west-northwest of . In the 2011 Census the parish – which includes the settlements of , and Fishpond Bottom – had a population of 684. is situated 3 miles south of Bettiscombe.

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet and civil parish in the Dorset unitary authority area of , England. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 50.

Bettiscombe

Latitude
50.7957° or 50° 47′ 45″ north
Longitude
-2.8549° or 2° 51′ 18″ west
Population
56
Elevation
299 feet (91 metres)
Open location code
9C2VQ4WW+72
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3003745991
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7295012
Wiki­data ID
Q2407757
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bettiscombe” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Bettiscombe”
  • Chinese: “Bettiscombe”
  • Dutch: “Bettiscombe”
  • French: “Bettiscombe”
  • Irish: “Bettiscombe”
  • Italian: “Bettiscombe”
  • Ladin: “Bettiscombe”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bettiscombe”
  • Polish: “Bettiscombe”
  • Spanish: “Bettiscombe”
  • Swedish: “Bettiscombe”
  • “Bettiscombe”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Stephen and Sliding Hill.

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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 “Bettiscombe”. Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.