Merley
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Merley, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Canford Magna Parish Church and Canford School.
Canford Magna Parish Church
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Merley House
Building
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Merley House in Ashington, Wimborne, Dorset, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade I listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1752 by the bibliophile Ralph Willett and remained in the Willett family until about 1875.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashington and Wimborne Minster.
Ashington
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pimley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashington is a hamlet in Dorset, England. It is in the unitary authority of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, between the village of Corfe Mullen and the market town of Wimborne Minster. Ashington is situated 1½ miles west of Merley.
Wimborne Minster
Photo: Bellminsterboy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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. Hampreston is situated 2 miles east of Merley.
Merley
- Category: locality
- Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.7824° or 50° 46′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.9645° or 1° 57′ 52″ westElevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
9C2WQ2JP+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 19821555OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Merley” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Merley”
- Bengali: “মার্লি”
- Chinese: “默尔雷”
- Chinese: “默爾雷”
- Dutch: “Merley”
- French: “Merley”
- German: “Merley”
- Gujarati: “મેર્લી”
- Hebrew: “מרלי”
- Irish: “Merley”
- Japanese: “マーリー”
- Kannada: “ಮೆರ್ಲಿ”
- Korean: “메를리”
- Lithuanian: “Merlis”
- Polish: “Merley”
- Portuguese: “Merley”
- Russian: “Мерли”
- Spanish: “Merley”
- Tamil: “மேர்லே”
- Telugu: “మెర్లి”
- Urdu: “میرلے”
- Welsh: “Merley”
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