Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is a church in Compton Valence, West Dorset District, England. Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is situated nearby to the forest Home Coppice, as well as near the deciduous forest South Slip.Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Compton Valence, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “St Thomas a Beckett” and “St Thomas’s Church, Compton Valence”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nine Stones and Church of St Laurence.
Nine Stones
Archaeological site
Photo: Michael Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Nine Stones, also known as the Devil's Nine Stones, the Nine Ladies, or Lady Williams and her Dog, is a stone circle located near to the village of Winterbourne Abbas in the southwestern English county of Dorset. Nine Stones is situated 2 miles southeast of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.
Church of St Laurence
Church
Photo: Derek Voller, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Laurence is situated 2 miles north of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.
Parish Church of St Peter
Church
Photo: Dave Napier, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Peter is situated 2 miles southwest of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muckleford and Grimstone.
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 3 miles east of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.
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 3 miles east of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.
Askerswell
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Askerswell is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It is sited on the small River Asker. It lies 11 miles west of the county town Dorchester. Askerswell is situated 4 miles west of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.
Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Compton Valence, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.73737° or 50° 44′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.57832° or 2° 34′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C2VPCPC+WMOpenStreetMap ID
way 139789282OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q17542899
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