Place:Marnhull, Dorset, England

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Marnhull is a village in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale in the North Dorset administrative district of the county, north of the small town of Sturminster Newton. The resort towns of Bournemouth and Weymouth lie about to the south. Marnhull is sited on a low ridge of Corallian limestone above the valley of the River Stour, which forms the northern and western boundaries of the parish. In the 2001 Census the village had 960 dwellings and a population of 1,951, of whom 42.3% were retired.

Saxon charters show that Marnhull existed as a village in the 10th century, although the village's site has seen human occupation as early as the Iron Age,^[1] and a Roman settlement was established at Ashley Wood in the east of the parish.

Today Marnhull consists of several conjoined hamlets, connected by a network of minor roads. The village presents a mix of architectural styles, with post-war developments existing alongside properties dating back to Tudor times and earlier. It has three churches (Anglican, Roman Catholic and Methodist), two primary schools, two public houses, a GP surgery, a village hall and a recreation ground, as well as various small shops and services. The parish church of St Gregory has a 15th-century tower which "is a landmark and the finest in the Vale."

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