# Duntish

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{{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
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| civil_parish = [Buckland Newton](/source/Buckland_Newton)
| unitary_england = [Dorset](/source/Dorset_(district))
| lieutenancy_england = [Dorset](/source/Dorset)
| region = South West England
| constituency_westminster = [North Dorset](/source/North_Dorset_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
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| static_image_2 = Duntish village - geograph.org.uk - 3419168.jpg
| static_image_2_caption = Duntish village
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'''Duntish''' is a village in the [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) of [Buckland Newton](/source/Buckland_Newton), in [Dorset](/source/Dorset), England, in the [Blackmore Vale](/source/Blackmore_Vale) region.

== History ==
In the 19th century, Duntish was a [tithing](/source/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](/source/Swing_Riots) in [Dorset](/source/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](/source/Grade_II_listed_building).{{cn|date=November 2024}}

== Politics ==
For [UK general elections](/source/Uk_general_election), Duntish is part of the [North Dorset constituency](/source/North_Dorset_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).

Locally, Duntish is part of the [Chalk Valleys ward](/source/Chalk_Valleys_(ward)) for elections to [Dorset Council](/source/Dorset_Council_(UK)). From 1974 to 2019, it was in the [West Dorset](/source/West_Dorset) district.

== References ==
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