Place:Chalbury, Dorset, England

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NameChalbury
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates50.861°N 1.975°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoBadbury Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Wimborne and Cranborne Rural, Dorset, Englandrural district 1894-1974
East Dorset District, Dorset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2019
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Chalbury is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies on the southern edge of Cranborne Chase within the municipality of East Dorset, 4 miles north of Wimborne Minster and 4 miles west of Verwood. The village is sited on Chalbury Hill, the view from which has been described as "one of the most fascinating in the county". The Dorset broadcaster Ralph Wightman wrote of the hill and its view:

"Here there is a hill which is only three hundred feet high but which manages to give a wonderful view over woodland, heath, fertile chalk and the distant Isle of Wight. This feeling of immense space seen from relatively small hills is a blessed peculiarity of Dorset."

The village had a population of 140 in the UK census of 2001. This was not updated in Wikipedia after the 2011 census.

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