Chettle
Chettle is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of the town of Blandford Forum.[2] It is sited at the head of a gently-sloping valley on the dip slope of the chalk formation called Cranborne Chase. The A354 trunk road crosses the valley about 1 km to the south. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 90.[1]
| Chettle | |
|---|---|
 Chettle parish church | |
  Chettle Location within Dorset | |
| Population | 90 [1] |
| OS grid reference | ST952134 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLANDFORD FORUM |
| Postcode district | DT11 |
| Dialling code | 01258 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Chettle House, the village manor, is a red brick Baroque mansion designed by Thomas Archer, a pupil of Vanbrugh, and built by the Bastard brothers of Blandford Forum during the reign of Queen Anne.[3][4] Pevsner considered it to be one of England's finest Baroque houses.[5] Two rounded ends were added to the house in 1912.[3] Part of the house is open to the public.
A book about the village, "Enduring Village", was published in August, 2008.[6]
Notes
- "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- Chettle village website Archived October 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Gant, R., Dorset Villages, Hale, 1980, p40
- "Chettle House". Archived from the original on 8 June 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
- Jack O'Sullivan (8 August 1998). "Outdoors: The thrill of the Chase". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- Article about village
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