# North Poorton

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Hamlet in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England

North Poorton Manor Farm Cottages, North Poorton North Poorton Location within Dorset Population 20 [1] OS grid reference SY517962 Unitary authority Dorset Ceremonial county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Bridport Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament West Dorset List of places UK England Dorset 50°46′51″N 2°41′00″W / 50.7809°N 2.6833°W / 50.7809; -2.6833

**North Poorton** is a hamlet and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in [Dorset](/source/Dorset), England, situated in the [Dorset](/source/Dorset_(unitary_authority)) unitary authority area about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of [Bridport](/source/Bridport). [Dorset County Council](/source/Dorset_County_Council) estimate the parish had a population of 20 in 2013.[1]

The old parish church of St Peter is a ruin, with walls remaining to about 4 feet (1.2 m) high. Just to the south is the new church, which is dedicated to [St Mary Magdalene](/source/Mary_Magdalene) and was built in 1861–62 to a design by John Hicks.[2][3] About 0.5 miles (0.80 km) NW of the churches is a [hill-fort](/source/Hill-fort) that covers about 2.5 acres (1.0 ha).[3]

## 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 7 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["North Poorton St. Mary Magdalene"](http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/north_poorton.htm). The Dorset Historic Churches Trust. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-inventory_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-inventory_3-1) ["'Poorton, North', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1, West (London, 1952), pp. 180-181"](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol1/pp180-181). *British History Online*. University of London. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

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