{{Short description|Hamlet in Dorset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | official_name = North Poorton | static_image_name = Manor Farm Cottages, North Poorton - geograph.org.uk - 1005309.jpg | static_image_caption = Manor Farm Cottages, North Poorton | coordinates = {{coord|50.7809|-2.6833|display=inline,title}} | map_type = Dorset | population = 20 | population_ref = <ref name=dcc>{{cite web |url=https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882 |title=Parish Population Data |publisher=Dorset County Council |date=20 January 2015 |accessdate=7 March 2015 |archive-date=21 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121135528/https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | unitary_england = [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]] | region = South West England | constituency_westminster = [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]] | post_town = Bridport | os_grid_reference = SY517962 | website = }}
'''North Poorton''' is a hamlet and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[Dorset]], England, situated in the [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]] unitary authority area about {{convert|4.5|mi|km}} northeast of [[Bridport]]. [[Dorset County Council]] estimate the parish had a population of 20 in 2013.<ref name=dcc/>
The old parish church of St Peter is a ruin, with walls remaining to about {{convert|4|ft|m}} high. Just to the south is the new church, which is dedicated to [[Mary Magdalene|St Mary Magdalene]] and was built in 1861–62 to a design by John Hicks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/north_poorton.htm |title=North Poorton St. Mary Magdalene |publisher=The Dorset Historic Churches Trust |accessdate=4 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=inventory>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol1/pp180-181 |title='Poorton, North', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1, West (London, 1952), pp. 180-181 |publisher=University of London |accessdate=7 March 2015 |work=British History Online}}</ref> About {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} NW of the churches is a [[hill-fort]] that covers about {{convert|2.5|acre|ha}}.<ref name=inventory/>
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[[Category:Hamlets in Dorset]]