{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image = Duntish, entrance sign - geograph.org.uk - 2414911.jpg | static_image_caption = Entrance sign to Duntish | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|50.855577|-2.436095|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Duntish | population = | population_ref = | civil_parish = Buckland Newton | unitary_england = Dorset | lieutenancy_england = Dorset | region = South West England | constituency_westminster = North Dorset | post_town = | postcode_district = | postcode_area = | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = | static_image_2 = Duntish village - geograph.org.uk - 3419168.jpg | static_image_2_caption = Duntish village }} '''Duntish''' is a village in the civil parish of Buckland Newton, in Dorset, England, in the Blackmore Vale region.
== History == In the 19th century, Duntish was a tithing in Buckland Newton parish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Duntish, Dorset |url=https://ukga.org/index.php?pageid=16521 |website=The Genealogy Archives}}</ref> In 1830, Duntish was at the centre of the Swing Riots in Dorset.<ref>{{Cite web |title=‘Leave not a rack behind’ {{!}} Dorset Life - The Dorset Magazine |url=http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2008/05/leave-not-a-rack-behind/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Duntish Court was a country house demolished in 1965.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gardens (en) |first=Parks and |date=1759-12-31 |title=Duntish Court - Buckland Newton |url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/duntish-court |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Parks & Gardens |language=en}}</ref> Roman relics were discovered on site.<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol3/pp48-54 "Buckland Newton", in ''An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset'', Volume 3, Central (London, 1970), pp. 48-54.] British History Online. Retrieved 30 September 2019.</ref>
The village has a small church dating from the 13th century, St. Mary's, which is a Grade II listed building.{{cn|date=November 2024}}
== Politics == For UK general elections, Duntish is part of the North Dorset constituency.
Locally, Duntish is part of the Chalk Valleys ward for elections to Dorset Council. From 1974 to 2019, it was in the West Dorset district.
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Category:Villages in Dorset
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