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Population
  
196

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Tuesday 2:15 PM

District
  
North Dorset

OS grid reference
  
ST678082

Country
  
England

Police
  
Dorset

Shire county
  
Dorset

Glanvilles Wootton

Weather
  
12°C, Wind NW at 23 km/h, 83% Humidity

Glanvilles Wootton, or Wootton Glanville, is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Sherborne. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district. In the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 196.

Map of Glanvilles Wootton, Sherborne, UK

To the north of the village is Round Chimneys Farm, which used to be a manor house and home of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. One mile south-east of the village is the hill fort Dungeon Hill.

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Glanvilles Wootton Wikipedia