Drimpton

Drimpton is a village in the English county of Dorset, situated approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Beaminster and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Crewkerne in Somerset. It lies within the civil parish of Broadwindsor.

Drimpton
The Royal Oak public house at Drimpton
Drimpton Location within Dorset
OS grid reference	ST418050
Unitary authority	Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	West Dorset

Drimpton is sited on a small tributary of the River Axe which was unnamed until 2005 when, after a vote by villagers, it was officially named the "Little Axe". Neighbouring settlements include Clapton, Seaborough, Blackdown, Kittwhistle, Broadwindsor, Burstock, Greenham and Netherhay, the latter two being small hamlets virtually contiguous with Drimpton. At Greenham there was once a flax mill, part of which still survives as a factory making pet products. Three books, chronicling life in the area, have recently been compiled; the project was called 'Village Voices'.

The village has two places of worship: the Anglican parish church of St Mary's and the Netherhay Methodist Chapel. St Mary's was built as a chapel of ease to the parish church of St John the Baptist in Broadwindsor and completed in 1867.[1] The Methodist chapel was built in 1838.[2] A school serving up to 100 mixed pupils was opened in 1874 and enlarged in 1886. It is now a private residence, the Old School House.[3]

References

1. "Opening of a new church at Drimpton". Dorset County Chronicle and Somersetshire Gazette. 25 July 1867. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "METHODIST CHURCH, Broadwindsor - 1290543". Historic England. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
3. "Contentdm". Specialcollections.le.ac.uk. 11 February 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

External links

Media related to Drimpton at Wikimedia Commons