Cerne Abbas
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 49 ′ N , 2 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | ST662012 | ||
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| Residents | 784 (as of 2011) | ||
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| Post town | Dorchester | ||
| ZIP code section | DT2 | ||
| prefix | 01300 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South West England | ||
| Ceremonial county | Dorset | ||
| Unitary authority | Dorset | ||
| British Parliament | West Dorset | ||
| Website: https://cernevalley.co.uk/ | |||
Cerne Abbas is an English village about 10 km north of Dorchester in the south-west of England's county of Dorset . It is known for the scratching image Cerne Abbas Giant ("Giant of Cerne Abbas") and the former Benedictine monastery Cerne Abbey . In the 2011 census, Cerne Abbas had 784 inhabitants.
location
Cerne Abbas is located in the Cerne Valley about 200 km from London on the A352 which connects the cities of Dorchester and Sherborne . The place borders on Sydling St. Nicholas, Buckland Newton, Alton Pancras, Nether Cerne, Up Cerne, Piddletrenthide and Minterne Magna. Cerne Abbas is part of the Dorset AONB ( AONB stands for German "area of extraordinary natural beauty" ), the landscape is characterized by the southern English chalk formation and belongs to the Dorset Downs . Accordingly, chalk blocks and flint were originally used as building materials .
history
The village owes its existence to the Cerne Abbey , a Benedictine abbey that was founded in 987 AD. Before that, there were already several settlements in the area around Cerne Abbas, of which some of the earthworks can still be seen today.
The administration takes place through the Cerne Valley Parish Council ; Godmanstone, Nether Cerne, Up Cerne and Cerne Abbas have merged under the name "Cerne Valley". Among other things , the Parish Council manages an allotment garden and the cemetery in Cerne Abbas.
Attractions
- Much of Cerne Abbas has been designated as a Conversational Area and the village has a large number of listed buildings .
- Nearby is the Cerne Abbas Giant scratching image .
Infrastructure
The place is not on a railway line; Local transport takes place with buses and a door-to-door service . The nearest train station is in Dorchester, from where the London rail line runs via Weymouth , Bristol and Southampton .
Cerne Abbas has a health center and the nearest hospital is in Dorchester.
There is a primary school in the village, the Cerne Abbas First School , which has a preschool for children aged 3 and over. The last OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills) report from 2011 indicates a total number of 42 students. Secondary schools for children from Cerne Abbas are Dorchester Middle School and Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester.
There are various playgrounds and a multi-use games area (MUGA) , tennis courts, the cricket ground is available for football and cricket . Further sports and leisure activities take place in the Village hall (village community center). In the village there are shops and a post office, there are three pubs and a tearoom .
literature
- S. Marys Church, Cerne Abbas . OCLC 461337199 .
- Leslie W. Coffin: Cerne Abbas & villages: places & people - past & present . SEM Coffin, Sherborne, ISBN 0-9509725-1-7 .
- Cerne Abbas & district . In: Indexes of the 1841 census records of Dorset . tape 18 . Somerset & Dorset Family History Society, Weymouth 2002, ISBN 1-903960-57-6 .
Web links
- Cerne Abbas dorsets.co.uk
- St Mary's Church cerneabbashistory.org
- Site of the Cerne Valley
Individual evidence
- ↑ Census 2011 on nomisweb.co.uk
- ↑ a b Cerne Valley: Facts and Figures - June 2011 . Published by the Dorset Council (PDF 856 KB)
- ^ Parish Council , Cerne Valley website.
- ↑ school website .