Catherston Leweston

Catherston Leweston is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It lies approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Lyme Regis. The Dorset County Council estimated that the population of the parish was 30(as of 2013).[1]

Catherston Leweston

Catherston Leweston viewed from the south
Catherston Leweston
Location within Dorset
Population30 [1]
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRIDPORT
Postcode districtDT6
Dialling code01297
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

The village's Tudor-style manor house was built in 1887 and the Blue Lias-built church dates from 1858.[2] Part of an earlier medieval manor house belonging to the Wadham family of Catherston, a cadet branch of the family that founded Wadham College, Oxford, remains beside the later house.

References

  1. "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. pp. 118–9. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.
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