Place:Whitcombe, Dorset, England

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NameWhitcombe
Alt namesWidecomasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 96
Widecomesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 96
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates50.683°N 2.4°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoCulliford Tree Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Dorchester Rural, Dorset, Englandrural district 1894-1974
West Dorset District, Dorset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2019
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Whitcombe (#28 on map) is a civil parish and a tiny village in Dorset, England, situated 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the parish was 20.

Whitcombe village is next to the A352 main road between Broadmayne (#3) and Dorchester, between the parishes of West Knighton (#26) and Broadmayne to the east, West Stafford (#27) to the north, and Winterborne Came (#30) to the west.

Whitcombe does not form an ecclesiastical parish, although Whitcombe Church has registers dating from 1762. The earlier registers were destroyed in a fire. The church, now redundant, is in a "modest but perfect location" according to Pevsner.

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Governance

Whitcombe was originally a parish in the Culliford Tree Hundred, one of the hundreds or early subdivisions of the county of Dorset. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of the Dorchester Rural District.

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, all urban and rural districts across England were abolished and counties were reorganized into metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts. Whitcombe joined the non-metropolitan West Dorset District.

Under another set of local government reforms adopted on 1 April 2019, West Dorset District was abolished, and the county of Dorset (excluding Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole) became a single unitary authority. The area is now administered by Dorset Council.

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