The Common
The Common is a locality in Okeford Fitzpaine, North Dorset District, England. The Common is situated nearby to the locality Knackers Hole, as well as near the village Belchalwell.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Okeford Fitzpaine and Sturminster Newton Castle.
St Andrew’s Church, Okeford Fitzpaine
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, and in the Diocese of Salisbury. It is in the Okeford Benefice, a group of four parishes in the Blackmore Vale.
Sturminster Newton Castle
Castle
Sturminster Newton Castle is a site consisting of the remains of a medieval manor house within an Iron Age hillfort, near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, England. The ruins are privately owned.
Fiddleford Manor
Manor estate
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Fiddleford Manor is a medieval manor house located near Sturminster Newton, Dorset. It is thought to have been originally built around 1370 for William Latimer, the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, after the manor passed to him in 1355. Fiddleford Manor is situated 1½ miles northeast of The Common.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belchalwell and Fifehead Neville.
Belchalwell
Village
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Belchalwell is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Okeford Fitzpaine in the Blackmore Vale, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England.
Fifehead Neville
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fifehead Neville is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated in the Blackmore Vale about two miles southwest of the town of Sturminster Newton. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was 147.
Piddles Wood
Locality
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piddles Wood is a small area of woodland south of the River Stour, Dorset, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The site was notified as an SSSI in 1985.
The Common
- Type: Locality
- Location: Okeford Fitzpaine, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.89879° or 50° 53′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.30287° or 2° 18′ 10″ westElevation
351 feet (107 metres)Open location code
9C2VVMXW+GVGeoNames ID
13265610
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