Place:Athelhampton, Dorset, England

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NameAthelhampton
Alt namesAdmistonsource: Family History Library Catalog
Pidelesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 93
Adminstonsource: another early name for the parish
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates50.733°N 2.317°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoPuddletown Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Dorchester Rural, Dorset, Englandrural district 1894-1974
West Dorset District, Dorset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2019
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Athelhampton (#1 on map) (also known as Admiston or Adminston) is a civil parish and a settlement approximately east of Dorchester. It consists of a manor house and a former Church of England parish church. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish was 30.

Governance

Athelhampton was originally a parish in the Puddletown Hundred, one of the hundreds or early subdivisions of the county of Dorset. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of the Dorchester Rural District.

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, all urban and rural districts across England were abolished and counties were reorganized into metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts. Athelhampton joined the non-metropolitan West Dorset District.

Under the local government reforms adopted on 1 April 2019, West Dorset Dorset District was abolished, and the county of Dorset (excluding Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole) became a unitary authority. The area is now administered by Dorset Council.

Image:Dorchester RD 1900 small.png

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