Bishop’s Down
Bishop’s Down is a hamlet in Folke, West Dorset District, England. Bishop’s Down is situated nearby to the village Caundle Marsh, as well as near Alweston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Caundle Marsh and Parish Church of St Lawrence.
St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Caundle Marsh
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter and St Paul's Church is a Church of England parish church in Caundle Marsh, Dorset, England. It was designed by Robert Howard Shout and built in 1856–57. The church is a Grade II listed building.
Folke Wood
Forest
Folke Wood is a wood near Folke in Dorset, England. It was planted by the Woodland Trust in 1985. It consists of native broadleaved trees as well as apple and ash trees. The apple trees are the remains of an orchard which existed in the 19th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alweston and Longburton.
Alweston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alweston is a village in Dorset, England, situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of Sherborne. Historically it belonged to the Parish of Folke, in the Hundred of Sherborne.
Longburton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longburton or Long Burton is a village in Dorset, England, three miles south of Sherborne. It is sited on a narrow outcrop of Cornbrash limestone, at the western end of Blackmore Vale. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 470. Longburton is situated 1½ miles northwest of Bishop’s Down.
Castleton
Village
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castleton is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The parish virtually encircles the town of Sherborne, and contains within its boundary both Sherborne Castle and Sherborne Old Castle. Castleton is situated 3 miles northwest of Bishop’s Down.
Bishop’s Down
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Bishops Down”
- Category: locality
- Location: Folke, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.90795° or 50° 54′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.46981° or 2° 28′ 11″ westElevation
272 feet (83 metres)Open location code
9C2VWG5J+53OpenStreetMap ID
node 8911323645OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13275733
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