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Wraxall, Dorset

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Population
  
40

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Dorset

District
  
West Dorset

OS grid reference
  
ST572012

Country
  
England

Police
  
Dorset

Local time
  
Thursday 7:45 AM

Wraxall, Dorset

Weather
  
3°C, Wind N at 3 km/h, 89% Humidity

Wraxall is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset, consisting of the two hamlets Higher Wraxall and Lower Wraxall. It is situated in a valley in the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs, about 11 miles (18 km) north-west of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 40.

Map of Wraxall, UK

The origin of the name Wraxall, shared with several other villages in Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset, is thought to be "a nook of land frequented by buzzards".

St Mary's Church is the most noticeable building in the parish.

References

Wraxall, Dorset Wikipedia


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