Bincombe

{{Short description|Hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England}} {{For|the hamlet in Somerset|Bincombe, Somerset}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name= Bincombe | local_name= | country= England | crown_dependency = | region= South West England | static_image_name= Bincombe - geograph.org.uk - 913838.jpg | static_image_caption= View along the main road in Bincombe with the church in the background. | area_footnotes= | area_total_sq_mi= | area_total_km2 = | population = 514 | population_ref = <ref name=ons>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120724&c=Bincombe&d=16&e=62&g=6418583&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1389123813602&enc=1|publisher=Office for National Statistics|title=Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Bincombe (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|accessdate=7 January 2014}}</ref> | population_density= | os_grid_reference= SY685846 | map_type= Dorset | coordinates = {{coord|50.6603|-2.4459|display=inline,title}} | post_town= WEYMOUTH | postcode_area= DT | postcode_district= DT3 | dial_code= 01305 | constituency_westminster= [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]] | civil_parish= Bincombe | unitary_england= [[Dorset (district)|Dorset]] | lieutenancy_england= [[Dorset]] | website= [http://www.bincombe.co.uk/ www.bincombe.co.uk] | hide_services= }} '''Bincombe''' is a small village, or [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]],<ref name="pevsner">{{cite book| first1=John | last1=Newman | first2=Nikolaus | last2=Pevsner | authorlink2=Nikolaus Pevsner |title=[[The Buildings of England]]: Dorset | year=1972 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=0 14 071044 2 | pages=92–93 }}</ref> and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[Dorset]], England, {{convert|5|mi|km}} north of [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]]. The village is {{convert|1|mi|km}} from [[Upwey railway station, Dorset|Upwey railway station]] and {{convert|28|mi|km}} from [[Bournemouth Airport]]. The main road running through the village is Icen Lane. The civil parish, which includes a small part of the settlement of [[Broadwey]] to the west, had a population of 514 in the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]].<ref name=ons/>

The village stands on a [[limestone]] ridge {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} south of [[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]]. [[Holy Trinity Church, Bincombe|Holy Trinity Church]] dates from the early 13th century.<ref name="pevsner" />

Large military camps for the observation of the [[English Channel]] were formed on the hills in this parish in the reign of [[George III]], and two deserters, in trying to escape with details of the different camps, were captured in the [[English Channel]], tried by court martial and shot on Bincombe Down.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} Their remains are buried in the churchyard, where the stone can still be seen.<ref>Kelly’s Directory of Dorset, 1895, p25.</ref> The same incident, differently interpreted, forms the basis of [[Thomas Hardy]]'s short story, ''[[The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion]]''.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}

The Master and Fellows of [[Caius College]], [[Cambridge]], are the principal landowners.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}

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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Bincombe}} * [http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/bincombe.html Bincombe] local history

[[Category:Villages in Dorset]]