Milborne St Andrew
Encyclopedia
Milborne St Andrew is a village in central Dorset
, England
, situated in a winterbourne
valley
on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs
, straddling the A354 road
nine miles north east of Dorchester. The village has a population
of 1,042 (2001). A mile south of the village is Weatherby Castle hill fort
, the 'tower' of Thomas Hardy
's novel Two on a Tower
.
There is an infants' school, Milbourne St Andrew First School http://www.milborne.dorset.sch.uk/, rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted
in 2009. The village also has a pub, the Royal Oak, a church, St Andrew's (Church of England
) founded in 1069, and other community facilities, most notably the sports club and pavilion, home of the Milborne Sports Football Club which was nominated Dorset FA
Charter Club of the Year in 2008.
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, situated in a winterbourne
Winterbourne (stream)
A winterbourne is a stream or river that is dry through the summer months. A winterbourne is sometimes simply called a bourne, from the Anglo-Saxon for a stream flowing from a spring, although this term can also be used for all-year water courses....
valley
Valley
In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...
on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs
Dorset Downs
The Dorset Downs are an area of Chalk downland in the centre of the county Dorset in south west England. The downs are the most western part of a larger Chalk Formation which also includes Cranborne Chase, Salisbury Plain, Hampshire Downs, Chiltern Hills, North Downs and South Downs.The Dorset...
, straddling the A354 road
A354 road
The A354 is a primary route in England which runs from Salisbury in Wiltshire to Easton on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, a total distance of . From Salisbury the road crosses Cranborne Chase and briefly merges with the A350 at the Blandford Forum bypass before crossing the Dorset Downs and...
nine miles north east of Dorchester. The village has a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 1,042 (2001). A mile south of the village is Weatherby Castle hill fort
Hill fort
A hill fort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Some were used in the post-Roman period...
, the 'tower' of Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist and poet. While his works typically belong to the Naturalism movement, several poems display elements of the previous Romantic and Enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural.While he regarded himself primarily as a...
's novel Two on a Tower
Two on a Tower
Two on a Tower is a novel by English author Thomas Hardy, classified by him as a romance and fantasy and now regarded as one of his minor works. The book is one of Hardy’s Wessex novels, set in a parallel version of late Victorian Dorset.-Epigraph:...
.
There is an infants' school, Milbourne St Andrew First School http://www.milborne.dorset.sch.uk/, rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
in 2009. The village also has a pub, the Royal Oak, a church, St Andrew's (Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
) founded in 1069, and other community facilities, most notably the sports club and pavilion, home of the Milborne Sports Football Club which was nominated Dorset FA
Dorset County Football Association
The Dorset County Football Association is the County Football Association for Dorset. The Dorset County FA traces its root back to the South Hants and Dorset Football Association which was founded in 1884...
Charter Club of the Year in 2008.