Place:Piddlehinton, Dorset, England

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NamePiddlehinton
Alt namesPidelesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 95
Puddlehintonsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeVillage
Coordinates50.767°N 2.4°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoDorchester Rural, Dorset, Englandrural district 1894-1974
West Dorset District, Dorset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2019
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Piddlehinton (#15 on map) is a civil parish and a village in Dorset, England, situated in the Piddle valley 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Dorchester. In the UK census of 2011 the parish had a population of 403.

Up until sometime in the 19th century, Piddlehinton constituted a liberty containing only the parish itself (i.e., it was not part of a hundred. St Mary's Piddlehinton is the local church.

During the build-up to D-day the US Army operated from an airstrip in Piddlehinton using Piper L-4 Grasshoppers of the 62nd Armed Field Artillery Battalion. The L-4 Grasshopper was a light aircraft that was widely used by the US Air Force for observation and liaison during the Second World War. It was called the Grasshopper because of its ability to take off and land on any sort of terrain and in very limited space.

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Governance

From 1894 until 1974 Piddlehinton 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. Piddlehinton 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.

Since these local government reforms Piddlehinton is now at the southern end of the Piddle Valley electoral ward, which extends north up the valley to Buckland Newton and had a population of 1,988 in the 2011 census.

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