Burton Bradstock
| Burton Bradstock | |||
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 42 ′ N , 2 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 925 (as of 2014) | ||
| surface | 11.1 km² (4.29 mi² ) | ||
| Population density: | 83 inhabitants per km² | ||
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| Post town | BRIDPORT | ||
| prefix | 01308 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| Ceremonial county | Dorset | ||
| Unitary authority | Dorset | ||
Burton Bradstock is a village and at the same time a civil parish with just under 1000 inhabitants in the county of Dorset , England . The nearest larger town is Bridport , which is about three miles northwest.
geography
Burton Bradstock is located at a bend in the River Bride , about a kilometer from its confluence with Lyme Bay , a bay in the English Channel . The coast is than this range cliff pronounced, it belongs to the area of a UNESCO World Heritage declared Jurassic Coast .
The area of the district is 11.1 square kilometers. Neighboring parishes are, starting to the west and going clockwise, Bridport , Bothenhampton , Shipton Gorge , Chilcombe and Swyre .
history
The Domesday Book from the eleventh century gives Bridetona 28.7 households and names the Abbey of Saint-Wandrille as the owner . The name refers to the river Bride on which the village is located; he evolved into Burton over the centuries . The addition Bradstock is more recent; it serves to distinguish it from other localities of the same name and comes from Bradenstoke Abbey in Wiltshire , which was later wealthy in the parish.
Buildings
A total of 70 buildings and facilities in the municipality are classified as culturally and historically significant. These are the Church of St. Mary as a Listed Building in the highest Category I and 66 others in Category II. There are also three Bronze Age barrows as Scheduled Monument .
Others
The musician Billy Bragg is a well-known local resident.
literature
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office: An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1, West, London 1952, pp. 57-60. Digitized on the British History Online website. (English)
- CJ Bailey: The Bride Valley. Excerpt about the river and the village at burtonbradstock.org.uk (English)
Web links
- Burton Bradstock Parish Council (English)
- Burton Bradstock , full site website
- Population statistics on the Dorset Administration geoserver
- Burton Bradstock at opcdorset.org (English)
- Burton Bradstock, Dorset at visionofbritain.org (English)
- Burton Bradstock in the database of the Ordnance Survey (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the location and area of the district on the website of the Office for National Statistics , accessed on December 2, 2017. (English)
- ↑ Burton Bradstock at Opendomesday.org, accessed November 26, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Burton Bradstock Parish database query on Historic England's website, conducted on December 2, 2017. (English)