Fiddleford
Fiddleford is a hamlet in the county of Dorset in southern England. Fiddleford is situated between Sturminster Newton and Okeford Fitzpaine in the north of the county.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Fiddleford, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fiddleford Inn and Fiddleford Manor.
Fiddleford Manor
Manor estate
Photo: marilynjane, CC BY 2.0.
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.
St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a Church of England Parish Church in Sturminster Newton, Dorset. The present church dates from a rebuild in 1486 by the abbots of Glastonbury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Piddles Wood and Child Okeford.
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.
Child Okeford
Village
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Child Okeford is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, 3 miles east of the small town of Sturminster Newton. Child Okeford lies downstream from Sturminster, along the River Stour, which passes half a mile west of the village. Child Okeford is situated 2 miles east of Fiddleford.
Belchalwell
Village
Photo: Bashereyre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Belchalwell is situated 2½ miles south of Fiddleford.
Fiddleford
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Okeford Fitzpaine, North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.91847° or 50° 55′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.27867° or 2° 16′ 43″ westElevation
161 feet (49 metres)Open location code
9C2VWP9C+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1027894271OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Fiddleford” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fiddleford”
- French: “Fiddleford”
- Irish: “Fiddleford”
- Polish: “Fiddleford”
- Welsh: “Fiddleford”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ham Down Copse and Conygar Coppice.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fiddleford Mill and Tan-hill Copse.
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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 “Fiddleford”. Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.