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Okeford Fitzpaine
Village and civil parish in Dorset, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Okeford Fitzpaine /ˈoʊkfərd fɪtsˈpeɪn/ is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale three miles (five kilometres) south of the town of Sturminster Newton. It is sited on a thin strip of greensand under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs.[1] In the 2011 census the civil parish—which includes the village of Belchalwell to the west and most of the hamlet of Fiddleford to the north—had 404 dwellings,[2] 380 households and a population of 913.[3]
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Okeford Fitzpaine | |
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Location within Dorset | |
Population | 913 |
OS grid reference | ST806110 |
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Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Blandford Forum |
Postcode district | DT11 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
50.8981°N 2.2768°W / 50.8981; -2.2768 |
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