Fiddleford Manor
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.Photo: marilynjane, CC BY 2.0.
- Email: customers@english-heritage.org.uk
- Type: Manor estate
- Description: UK historic house museum
- Postal code: DT10 2BX
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fiddleford Inn and St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton.
Fiddleford Inn
Pub
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fiddleford Inn is a pub, which is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Fiddleford Manor.
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. St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton is situated 1 mile west of Fiddleford Manor.
Sturminster Newton Castle
Castle
Sturminster Newton Castle is a site consisting of the remains of a medieval manor house within an Iron Age hillfort, near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, England. The ruins are privately owned. Sturminster Newton Castle is situated 1 mile west of Fiddleford Manor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fiddleford and Piddles Wood.
Fiddleford
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 Manor.
Fiddleford Manor
Latitude
50.92125° or 50° 55′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.28471° or 2° 17′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C2VWPC8+F4OpenStreetMap ID
way 88456994OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=manorWikidata ID
Q5446689
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Fiddleford Manor” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “費多福莊園”
- Dutch: “Fiddleford Manor”
- Spanish: “Fiddleford Manor”
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