Piddlehinton
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Piddlehinton is a village in west Dorset
, England
situated in the Piddle valley
five miles north of Dorchester. The village has a population
of around 600 .
Piddlehinton formerly constituted a liberty
containing only the parish itself.
The local schools are Piddle Valley First School, St Mary's Middle School in Puddletown
, and The Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester. The village has no shop or post office but does have two public houses – The Thimble and The European, The nearest shop is in Piddletrenthide
where locally grown fruit and vegetables, among other miscellaneous items are sold. St Mary's Piddlehinton is the local church. A microbrewery
– the Dorset Piddle Brewery – was established in Piddlehinton in 2008 and produces 300 gallons of ale
every week.
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 the Piddle valley
River Piddle
The River Piddle or Trent or North River is a small rural Dorset river which rises next to Alton Pancras church and flows south and then south-easterly more or less parallel with its bigger neighbour, the River Frome, to Wareham, where they both enter Poole Harbour via...
five miles north 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 around 600 .
Liberty (division)
Originating in the Middle Ages, a liberty was traditionally defined as an area in which regalian rights were revoked and where land was held by a mesne lord...
containing only the parish itself.
The local schools are Piddle Valley First School, St Mary's Middle School in Puddletown
Puddletown
Puddletown is a village in Dorset, England, 5 miles east of Dorchester in the River Piddle valley. The village has a population of 1,177 , of which 30.3% are retired....
, and The Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester. The village has no shop or post office but does have two public houses – The Thimble and The European, The nearest shop is in Piddletrenthide
Piddletrenthide
Piddletrenthide is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Piddle valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, eight miles north of Dorchester. The village has a population of 691...
where locally grown fruit and vegetables, among other miscellaneous items are sold. St Mary's Piddlehinton is the local church. A microbrewery
Microbrewery
A microbrewery or craft brewer is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer, and is associated by consumers with innovation and uniqueness....
– the Dorset Piddle Brewery – was established in Piddlehinton in 2008 and produces 300 gallons of ale
Ale
Ale is a type of beer brewed from malted barley using a warm fermentation with a strain of brewers' yeast. The yeast will ferment the beer quickly, giving it a sweet, full bodied and fruity taste...
every week.