Place:Witchampton, Dorset, England

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NameWitchampton
Alt namesWichamatunasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 96
Wichemetunesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 96
Hemsworthsource: settlement in parish
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates50.85°N 2.017°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoCranborne Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Wimborne and Cranborne Rural, Dorset, Englandrural district 1894-1974
East Dorset District, Dorset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2019
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Witchampton is a civil parish and a village in the East Dorset District, situated on the River Allen 5 miles (8 km) north of Wimborne Minster. The UK census of 2011 records a population of 398.

Witchampton lies close to where the dip slope of the chalk hills of Cranborne Chase is overlain by newer deposits of London Clay. Although Witchampton is sited within the area of the chalk, where cob and thatch are the traditional building materials, the nearness of the clay has resulted in many of the older houses in the village being built from brick. The early 16th-century Abbey House contains some of the earliest brickwork in the county.

To the northeast of the village there used to be a paper mill by the river. In 1980 it was described by writer Roland Gant as a "discreet industrial oasis in an agricultural plain". It had been in operation since the early 18th century, but has now been converted to residential accommodation.

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