Place:Winterborne Monkton, Dorset, England

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NameWinterborne Monkton
Alt namesWinterbourne-Monktonsource: from redirect
Winterborne-Monktonsource: Family History Library Catalog
Wintreburnsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 96
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates50.683°N 2.45°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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Winterborne Monkton (#32 on map) is a civil parish and a small village in Dorset, England. It lies close to the A354 road between the county town of Dorchester, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north, and the coastal resort Weymouth, 5 miles (8.0 km) to the south. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population was 50.

Winterborne Monkton village consists of a few houses and a church. The hill fort of Maiden Castle stands to the northwest.

Winterborne Monkton is one of a series of parishes in Dorset prefaced with the word "winterbourne" which means a stream that only collects water during the winter and spring. In full summer and autumn it is usually a dry river bed.

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Governance

Winterborne Monkton 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. Winterborne Monkton 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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