# Catherston Leweston

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Village in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England

Catherston Leweston Catherston Leweston viewed from the south Catherston Leweston Location within Dorset Population 30 [1] Unitary authority Dorset Ceremonial county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town BRIDPORT Postcode district DT6 Dialling code 01297 Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament West Dorset List of places UK England Dorset 50°44′46″N 2°53′41″W / 50.746°N 2.8947°W / 50.746; -2.8947

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

The village's [Tudor](/source/Tudor_architecture)-style manor house was built in 1887 and the [Blue Lias](/source/Blue_Lias)-built [church](/source/St_Mary's_Church%2C_Catherston_Leweston) dates from 1858.[2] Part of an earlier medieval [manor house](/source/Manor_house) belonging to the Wadham family of Catherston, a [cadet](/source/Cadet) branch of the family that founded [Wadham College, Oxford](/source/Wadham_College%2C_Oxford), remains beside the later house.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dcc_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dcc_1-1) ["Parish Population Data"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151121135528/https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882). Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Archived from [the original](https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882) on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Roland Gant (1980). *Dorset Villages*. Robert Hale Ltd. pp. 118–9. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0 7091 8135 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0_7091_8135_3).

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## External links

- [Parish Church of St Mary](http://www.goldencapteamofchurches.org.uk/catherston.html)

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