Place:Over Compton, Dorset, England

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NameOver Compton
Alt namesContonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 93
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates50.933°N 2.567°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoSherborne Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which it was located


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Over Compton is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley east of Yeovil. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 183.[1]

Compton House, formerly the home of the Goodden family, lies outside the village. St Michael's Church is on the estate. The MCC cricketer Cecil Goodden was born in Compton House.

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