Place:Chilfrome, Dorset, England

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NameChilfrome
Alt namesFromasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 93
Fromesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 93
Chilfroomesource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates50.783°N 2.583°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoTollerford Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which the parish was located
Dorchester Rural, Dorset, Englandrural district 1894-1974
West Dorset District, Dorset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2019
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Chilfrome (#6 on map) is a civil parish and a village in Dorset, England. It lies in the Dorset unitary authority administrative area, approximately 9 miles (14 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is situated between the villages of Cattistock and Maiden Newton in the upper reaches of the Frome Valley in the Dorset Downs. Dorset County Council estimated that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 40.

The parish church was largely restored in 1864, though it has a thirteenth-century chancel-arch, a partly fourteenth-century nave, and windows dating from the fifteenth century. The church is a Grade II* listed building.

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Governance

Chilfrome was originally a parish in the Tollerford 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. Chilfrome joined the non-metropolitan West Dorset District.

Under the local government reforms adopted on 1 April 2019, West Dorset 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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