Turners Puddle

Turners Puddle is a hamlet in Dorset, England, situated on the River Piddle in the Purbeck district, 7 miles (11 km) north west of Wareham. It used to be a civil parish in its own right, but now forms part of the civil parish of Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, which also includes the settlement of Briantspuddle. In the 2011 census this joint parish had 200 households and a population of 436.[1]

Turners Puddle parish church of the Holy Trinity in 1995

The parish includes Clouds Hill, a cottage that was the home of T. E. Lawrence and is now run by the National Trust.

References

  1. "Area:Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 February 2015.


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