Cattistock
Coordinates: 50°47′42″N 2°34′52″W / 50.795°N 2.581°W
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 Church and The Square, Cattistock |
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 Cattistock
Cattistock shown within Dorset |
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| Population | 440 |
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| OS grid reference | SY592996 |
| District | West Dorset |
| Shire county | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | West Dorset |
| List of places: UK • England • Dorset | |
Cattistock is a village in west Dorset, England, sited in the upper reaches of the Frome Valley eight miles north west of Dorchester. The Dorset poet William Barnes called it "elbow-streeted Cattstock",[1] a comment on the less-than-linear village street. The village has a population of 440 (2002).
The church was rebuilt in the nineteenth century, by architects Sir George Gilbert Scott and his son George Gilbert Scott Junior. The Perpendicular-styled tower was the work of the latter, and has led to the church being dubbed the 'Cathedral of the Frome Valley'; he was also responsible for the porch, north aisle and vestry.[2] In 1972 the Pevsner guide to Dorset architecture said that "for the mid- to late-nineteenth century, this is the masterpiece amongst Dorset churches".[1]
Cattistock hosts a Dorset Knob throwing event and the Frome Valley Food Festival every year on the first Sunday in May.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Gant, R.,Dorset Villages, Hale, 1980, p100
- ^ Betjeman, John, ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins; p. 172
- ^ "Records set in biscuit throw show". BBC News. 2009-05-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/8034861.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
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Coordinates: 50°47′42″N 2°34′52″W / 50.795°N 2.581°W
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