St Mary the Virgin

St Mary the Virgin is a church in Puddletown, West Dorset District, England. St Mary the Virgin is situated near the community center Church Room, as well as near Puddletown Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Athelhampton Hall and Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum.

Athelhampton Hall

Castle

Photo: MilborneOne, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Athelhampton Hall is a castle, which is situated 3,900 feet east of St Mary the Virgin.

Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum

Museum

Photo: John H Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum is situated 2 miles east of St Mary the Virgin.

Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, is a small cob and thatch building that is the birthplace of the English author Thomas Hardy. He was born there in 1840 and lived in the cottage until he was aged 34—during which time he wrote the novels Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd —when he left home to be married to Emma Gifford. Thomas Hardy’s Cottage is situated 2 miles southwest of St Mary the Virgin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tolpuddle and Woodsford.

Tolpuddle

Village

Photo: Gillian Moy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tolpuddle is a village in the civil parish of Burleston and Tolpuddle, in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle from which it takes its name, 8 miles east of Dorchester, the county town, and 12 miles west of Poole. Tolpuddle is situated 2 miles east of St Mary the Virgin.

Woodsford

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80. Woodsford is situated 2½ miles south of St Mary the Virgin.

Affpuddle

Hamlet

Photo: Ydigresse, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Affpuddle is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, in the Dorset district of the ceremonial county of Dorset, England, 9 miles east of Dorchester. Affpuddle is situated 3 miles east of St Mary the Virgin.

St Mary the Virgin

Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Puddletown, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.74826° or 50° 44′ 54″ north

Longitude

-2.34335° or 2° 20′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C2VPMX4+8M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 809904838

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Church Room and Puddletown Library.

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Places to explore: The Oak Gardens and The Old School.

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