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Bradford Abbas

Coordinates: 50°55′41″N 2°35′17″W / 50.928°N 2.588°W / 50.928; -2.588
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Bradford Abbas
Church Road, Bradford Abbas
Bradford Abbas is located in Dorset
Bradford Abbas
Bradford Abbas
Location within Dorset
Population975 
OS grid referenceST587144
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSherborne
Postcode districtDT9
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Dorset
50°55′41″N 2°35′17″W / 50.928°N 2.588°W / 50.928; -2.588

Bradford Abbas is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Yeovil and 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Sherborne. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was 975.[1]

The name of the village signifies the "Abbot's broad ford" on the River Ivel, the abbot in question being that of Sherborne; the land was given to Sherborne Abbey by King Alfred the Great.

In the dry summer of 2010 cropmarks in sun-parched fields of barley, visible from the air, revealed the existence of a previously unsuspected 1st-century temporary Roman camp, one of only four detected in southwest Britain.[2] In the 19th century five Roman kilns were found in a field to the east of the village. Also found at the site were pottery, roof slates, bracelets and querns.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Bradford Abbas (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  2. ^ English Heritage reported in BBC News, "Dry weather reveals archaeological 'cropmarks' in fields", 30 August 2010 accessed 7 September 2010.
  3. ^ "'Bradford Abbas', An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1: West (1952), pp. 30-34". British History Online. University of London & History of Parliament Trust. November 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

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