West Orchard

West Orchard
West Orchard
West Orchard Location within Dorset
Population	50
OS grid reference	ST823164
Civil parish	West Orchard
District	North Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHAFTESBURY
Postcode district	SP7
Dialling code	01747
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Dorset

West Orchard is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale in the North Dorset administrative district, approximately halfway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton. It is separated from the adjacent settlement of East Orchard by a stream. In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 50.^[1] For local government purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of East Orchard and Margaret Marsh, to form a Group Parish Council.^[2]

St Luke's Church was rebuilt in 1876–77 to the designs of Thomas Henry Wyatt, but the chancel is 15th-century.^[3]

References

1. "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
2. The Orchards and Margaret Marsh Group Parish Council, dorsetforyou.com
3. Historic England (16 August 1960). "CHURCH OF UNKNOWN DEDICATION, West Orchard (1110395)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

External links

Media related to West Orchard at Wikimedia Commons