Higher Melcombe

Higher Melcombe is a hamlet in Melcombe Horsey, West Dorset District, England. Higher Melcombe is situated nearby to the locality Dorsetshire Gap, as well as near the village Melcombe Bingham.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Parish Church of St Martin.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

Photo: Becky Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St John the Baptist is situated 2 miles west of Higher Melcombe.

Parish Church of St Martin

Church

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Parish Church of St Martin is situated 2 miles southeast of Higher Melcombe.

Parish Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: Bashereyre, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Parish Church of All Saints is situated 2 miles east of Higher Melcombe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorsetshire Gap and Melcombe Bingham.

Dorsetshire Gap

Locality

Photo: Carl Whitehouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Dorsetshire Gap, also called the Dorset Gap, is an important, historic track junction - once the hub of central Dorset in southern England - and a well known beauty spot and magnet for ramblers.

Melcombe Bingham

Village

Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Melcombe Horsey is a civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It contains the small settlements of Melcombe Bingham, Bingham's Melcombe and Higher Melcombe, the last being the site of the deserted village of Melcombe Horsey.

Ansty

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ansty is a village in the civil parish of Hilton, in Dorset, England, north of Cheselbourne and west of Milton Abbas. It consists of the settlements of Higher Ansty, Lower Ansty, Pleck and Ansty Cross.

Higher Melcombe

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Melcombe Horsey”
Category: locality
Location: Melcombe Horsey, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.82151° or 50° 49′ 17″ north

Longitude

-2.35823° or 2° 21′ 30″ west

Elevation

499 feet (152 metres)

Open location code

9C2VRJCR+JP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3849488311

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13276445

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