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North Poorton

North Poorton is a hamlet and civil parish in , England, situated in the Dorset unitary authority area about 4.5 miles northeast of . Dorset County Council estimate the parish had a population of 20 in 2013.
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  • Type: Village with 19 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in West Dorset, Dorset, England
  • Also known as: “North Poorton, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mapperton Manor House and All Saints’ Church, Mapperton.

Historic house
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a historic house.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints' Church is a private church, formerly belonging to the Church of England, in , , . The church is believed to have 12th century origins, with later additions and rebuilds.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beaminster and Powerstock.

Town
Photo: Anthony Warren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town and civil parish in , England, approximately 15 miles northwest of the county town . It is sited in a bowl-shaped valley near the source of the small . is situated 3 miles northwest of North Poorton.

Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in south west , , situated in a steep valley on the edge of the Dorset Downs, 5 miles north-east of the market town of .

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in the county of in southern , situated about 7 miles northeast of the town of . It is sited in the valley of the short River , a tributary of the River Frome, amongst the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs.

North Poorton

Latitude
50.7816° or 50° 46′ 54″ north
Longitude
-2.6819° or 2° 40′ 55″ west
Population
19
Elevation
374 feet (114 metres)
Open location code
9C2VQ8J9+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 432945236
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7298413
Wiki­data ID
Q2691894
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“North Poorton” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “North Poorton”
  • Chinese: “North Poorton”
  • Dutch: “North Poorton”
  • French: “North Poorton”
  • Irish: “Poorton Thuaidh”
  • Ladin: “North Poorton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “North Poorton”
  • Polish: “North Poorton”
  • Swedish: “North Poorton”
  • “North Poorton”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Hooke Park College and Burcombe Wood.

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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 “North Poorton”. Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.