Place:Ashmore, Dorset, England

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NameAshmore
Alt namesAisemarasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 93
Aisemaresource: Domesday Book (1985) p 93
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates50.95°N 2.117°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoCranborne Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Shaftesbury Rural, Dorset, Englandrural district 1894-1974
East Dorset District, Dorset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2019
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Ashmore is a village and civil parish in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England, southwest of Salisbury.

The village is centred on a circular pond and has a church and several stone cottages and farms, many with thatched roofs. It is the highest village in the county with the contour passing close to the village church (although the north side of the town of Shaftesbury, Dorset, is slightly higher at ).

The pond or "mere" gave the village its original name of "Ash-mere".

In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 188.[1] Ashmore is an inhabited place.

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