Evershot
Coordinates: 50°50′17″N 2°36′54″W / 50.838°N 2.615°W
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 Church of St Osmund, Evershot |
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 Evershot
Evershot shown within Dorset |
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| Population | 206 |
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| OS grid reference | ST573045 |
| 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 | |
Evershot is a village in west Dorset, England, 8 miles (13 km) south of Yeovil. It is the second highest village in the county (the highest being Ashmore in Cranborne Chase), the centre of the village lying at 175 metres (575 feet) above sea-level. The village has a population of 206 (2001). It is believed that the village has featured in various novels by Thomas Hardy.
Evershot began as a Boar pen around 1,100 years ago.[1] Due to its close proximity to the River Frome a settlement was built nearby, and since then the village has been growing, although its population has dropped in the last 100 years.[1]
In 1628, Christopher Stickland founded a school "...for reading, writing and grammar... for the instruction and breeding of men children ... a schoolmaster there for ever to train up, instruct and teach the same child in good learning, true religion and the fear of God."[2][3]
The River Frome has its source in the village just behind St Osmund's Church in Back Lane. The villagers restored the head of the well in 2000 and their names are on a plaque.
Another building of special interest is Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant and Spa. It was built in 1798 as a dower house by Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester. It was enlarged in 1893 with a second floor designed by local author, Thomas Hardy, and in 1979 it was made a hotel.
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