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Dewlish

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Population
  
284

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Tuesday 8:58 PM

District
  
West Dorset

OS grid reference
  
SY775982

Country
  
England

Police
  
Dorset

Shire county
  
Dorset

Dewlish

Weather
  
8°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 97% Humidity

Dewlish is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated in the West Dorset administrative district approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of the county town Dorchester. The village is sited in the valley of the small Devil's Brook among the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs; the parish covers about 2,100 acres (850 ha) and extends west to include part of the valley of the small Cheselbourne stream, and east to include a dry valley at Dennet's Bottom. The surrounding area is part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 284.

Map of Dewlish, Dorchester, UK

In the 19th century the remains of two prehistoric mammoths, dating from about one million years BC, were found in the hillside above the village; two of the tusks were taken to the county museum at Dorchester.

In 1740 the tessellated pavement of a Roman villa was discovered in the village.

Dewlish was also the main part of the Liberty of the same name, including Dewlish itself and a part of Milborne St Andrew.

References

Dewlish Wikipedia