Population 140 Civil parish Chalbury Local time Wednesday 10:59 PM | OS grid reference SU018068 Sovereign state United Kingdom Dialling code 01258 | |
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Chalbury is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the East Dorset administrative district of the county, four miles north of Wimborne Minster and four miles west of Verwood. The village is sited on Chalbury Hill, the view from which has been described as "one of the most fascinating in the county". The Dorset broadcaster Ralph Wightman wrote of the hill and its view:
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Map of Chalbury, Wimborne, UK
The village has a population of 140 (2001). Journalist Mary Frances Billington was born at Chalbury in 1862, while her father was the rector at All Saints' Church.
Fiction
In a 2004 adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio is given the (fictitious) title of the Earl of Chalbury.
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Chalbury Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA