Wrackleford
Wrackleford is a hamlet in Bradford Peverell, West Dorset District, England. Wrackleford is situated nearby to the village Bradford Peverell, as well as near Stratton.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Bradford Peverell and Wolfeton House.
St Mary’s Church, Bradford Peverell
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Bradford Peverell, Dorset, England. It was designed by Decimus Burton and built in 1849–50. The church is a Grade II* listed building.
Wolfeton House
Manor estate
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wolfeton House is an early Tudor and Elizabethan manor house in Dorset, England. It is situated amongst water-meadows north-west of Dorchester not far from the confluence of the rivers Frome and Cerne. It is near to the village of Charminster.
Poundbury Hill
Archaeological site
Poundbury Hill is the site of a scheduled Prehistoric and Roman archaeological remains and includes evidence of a Neolithic settlement, a substantial Bronze Age occupation site and an Iron Age hillfort. Poundbury Hill is situated 1½ miles southeast of Wrackleford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charlton Down and Muckleford.
Charlton Down
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlton Down is a new village in Dorset, England, situated approximately 4 miles north of the county town Dorchester. It lies within the civil parish of Charminster.
Muckleford
Hamlet
Bradford Peverell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, 2 miles north-west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited by the south bank of the River Frome, among low chalk hills on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs. Muckleford is situated 1½ miles west of Wrackleford.
Grimstone
Village
Photo: Nigej, Public domain.
Grimstone is a hamlet at the confluence of Sydling Water and the River Frome in the western part of the civil parish of Stratton, Dorset. The Great Western Railway opened Grimstone and Frampton railway station and Grimstone Viaduct in 1857 and British Railways closed the station in 1966. Grimstone is situated 1½ miles west of Wrackleford.
Wrackleford
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Bradford Peverell, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.73762° or 50° 44′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.47669° or 2° 28′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C2VPGQF+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 8754253409OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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