Place:Childe Okeford, Dorset, England

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NameChilde Okeford
Alt namesAcfordsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 93
Acfordasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 93
Child-Okefordsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates50.9°N 2.233°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoRedland Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred of which it was a part
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Childe Okeford (sometimes written Child Okeford) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. It lies in the North Dorset administrative district, east of the small town of Sturminster Newton. Childe Okeford lies downstream from Sturminster, along the River Stour, which passes half a mile west of the village. In the 2001 Census the village had a population of 1,065.

The parish includes the hamlet of Gold Hill (not to be confused with the street of the same name in Shaftesbury).

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