Broadwindsor
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Broadwindsor is a village in west Dorset, England, two miles west of Beaminster. The village has a population of 1,218 (2001).
Broadwindsor was also formerly a liberty, containing only the parish itself.
Broadwindsor is renowned for its Craft Centre, Lewesdon Hill in bluebell time, 13th century church, in which Thomas Fuller preached.
The village square is much-photographed, especially King Charles Cottage, the place where King Charles II stayed the night September 22/23 after his flight from the battle of Worcester. (See Antonia Fraser's Royal Charles, p. 126.)
See List of liberties in Dorset.
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Coordinates: 50°49′N 2°48′W / 50.817°N 2.8°W
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