Edmondsham

{{Short description|Village in Dorset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country= England |coordinates = {{coord|50.902|-1.913|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Edmondsham |static_image_name= The village pump, Edmondsham - geograph.org.uk - 372820.jpg |static_image_caption= Village pump, Edmondsham |label_position= left |population = 200 |population_ref = |civil_parish= Edmondsham | unitary_england= Dorset | lieutenancy_england= Dorset |region= South West England |constituency_westminster= North Dorset |post_town= WIMBORNE |postcode_area= BH |postcode_district= BH21 |dial_code= 01725 |os_grid_reference= SU062114 }} '''Edmondsham''' is a village in Dorset, England. It is {{convert|2|mile|km|0}} north west of Verwood and {{convert|10|mile|km|0}} north of Bournemouth, near the source of a small stream which flows into the River Crane, Dorset; both are Sites of Special Scientific Interest.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} In the 2001 census it had a population of 200.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

A rare shiny-leafed form of wych elm similar to 'Nitida' was found in the village in the early 20th century, a leaf specimen prepared for the Kew Herbarium by Augustin Ley in 1910.<ref>[http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/308683/?image Ulmus glabra nitida (?), herbarium specimen from Edmondsham, Dorset, Oct. 1910, by Rev. Augustin Ley]</ref>

==Edmondsham House== {{main|Edmondsham House}} Edmondsham House was built in 1589 by builders William Arnold and family,{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} and in 1905 was described by Sir Frederick Treves as "grey with age" and hence "like a mist in the wood".<ref>Treves, Sir F., ''Highways and Byways in Dorset'', Macmillan, 1905, p90</ref> The house and gardens are open to the public.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

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== External links == {{Commons category-inline|Edmondsham}} * [http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=323729 Census data] * [http://www.edmondsham.land Edmondsham Land] * [http://www.edmondshamhouse.com Edmondsham House]

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