Sandford Orcas
Sandford Orcas is a village and parish in northwest Dorset, England, 3 miles north of Sherborne. In the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 180.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 184 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Sandford Orcas, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parish Church of St Nicholas and The Manor House.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Mary in Rimpton, Somerset, England was built in the early 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The exact date of the building of the church is uncertain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corton Denham and Rimpton.
Corton Denham
Village
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Corton Denham is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated seven miles north east of Yeovil. The village has a population of 189.
Rimpton
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rimpton is a village and civil parish 5 miles north-west of Sherborne, and 6 miles north-east of Yeovil on a tributary of the River Parret in the county of Somerset, England.
Poyntington
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Poyntington is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale about 2 miles north of Sherborne. Poyntington is situated 1½ miles east of Sandford Orcas.
Sandford Orcas
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Sandford Orcas, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.98453° or 50° 59′ 4″ northLongitude
-2.53496° or 2° 32′ 6″ westPopulation
184Elevation
200 feet (61 metres)Open location code
9C2VXFM8+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1822246363OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12261622Wikidata ID
Q2544043
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sandford Orcas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sandford Orcas”
- Chinese: “Sandford Orcas”
- Chinese: “桑福德奥卡斯”
- Chinese: “桑福德奧卡斯”
- Dutch: “Sandford Orcas”
- French: “Sandford Orcas”
- Irish: “Sandford Orcas”
- Italian: “Sandford Orcas”
- Japanese: “サンドフォード・オーカス”
- Ladin: “Sandford Orcas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sandford Orcas”
- Persian: “سنفورد ارکاز”
- Polish: “Sandford Orcas”
- Swedish: “Sandford Orcas”
- Welsh: “Sandford Orcas”
- “Sandford Orcas”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sandford Ocras Village Hall and Holway 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 “Sandford Orcas”. Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.