Place:Milborne St Andrew, Dorset, England

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NameMilborne St Andrew
Alt namesMeleburnesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 94
Milborne Saint Andrewsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Milborne St. Andrewsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Milborne-St. Andrewsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeVillage
Coordinates50.767°N 2.267°W
Located inDorset, England
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Milborne St Andrew is a village in central Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, straddling the A354 road nine miles north east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 1,042 (2001). A mile south of the village is Weatherby Castle hill fort, the 'tower' of Thomas Hardy's novel Two on a Tower.

There is an infants' school, Milbourne St Andrew First School [1], rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in 2009. The village also has a pub, the Royal Oak, a church, St Andrew's (Church of England) founded in 1069, and other community facilities, most notably the sports club and pavilion, home of the Milborne Sports Football Club which was nominated Dorset FA Charter Club of the Year in 2008.


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