# Bincombe

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Hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England

For the hamlet in Somerset, see [Bincombe, Somerset](/source/Bincombe%2C_Somerset).

Human settlement in England

Bincombe View along the main road in Bincombe with the church in the background. Bincombe Location within Dorset Population 514 [1] OS grid reference SY685846 Civil parish Bincombe Unitary authority Dorset Ceremonial county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town WEYMOUTH Postcode district DT3 Dialling code 01305 Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament West Dorset Website www.bincombe.co.uk List of places UK England Dorset 50°39′37″N 2°26′45″W / 50.6603°N 2.4459°W / 50.6603; -2.4459

**Bincombe** is a small village, or [hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(place)),[2] and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in [Dorset](/source/Dorset), England, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of [Weymouth](/source/Weymouth%2C_Dorset). The village is 1 mile (1.6 km) from [Upwey railway station](/source/Upwey_railway_station%2C_Dorset) and 28 miles (45 km) from [Bournemouth Airport](/source/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](/source/Broadwey) to the west, had a population of 514 in the [2011 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011).[1]

The village stands on a [limestone](/source/Limestone) ridge 3 miles (5 km) south of [Dorchester](/source/Dorchester%2C_Dorset). [Holy Trinity Church](/source/Holy_Trinity_Church%2C_Bincombe) dates from the early 13th century.[2]

Large military camps for the observation of the [English Channel](/source/English_Channel) were formed on the hills in this parish in the reign of [George III](/source/George_III), and two deserters, in trying to escape with details of the different camps, were captured in the [English Channel](/source/English_Channel), tried by court martial and shot on Bincombe Down.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Their remains are buried in the churchyard, where the stone can still be seen.[3] The same incident, differently interpreted, forms the basis of [Thomas Hardy](/source/Thomas_Hardy)'s short story, *[The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion](/source/The_Melancholy_Hussar_of_the_German_Legion)*.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

The Master and Fellows of [Caius College](/source/Caius_College), [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge), are the principal landowners.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ons_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ons_1-1) ["Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Bincombe (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics"](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). Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pevsner_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pevsner_2-1) Newman, John; [Pevsner, Nikolaus](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner) (1972). *[The Buildings of England](/source/The_Buildings_of_England): Dorset*. Harmondsworth: [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books). pp. 92–93. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0 14 071044 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0_14_071044_2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Kelly’s Directory of Dorset, 1895, p25.

## External links

- Media related to [Bincombe](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bincombe) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Bincombe](http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/bincombe.html) local history

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