Owermoigne

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Dorset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name= Owermoigne | country= England | region= South West England | static_image_name= Owermoigne, parish church of St. Michael - geograph.org.uk - 519567.jpg | static_image_caption= Parish church of St Michael | population= 467 | population_ref= <ref name=ons>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127360&c=Owermoigne&d=16&e=62&g=6418528&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1385586020454&enc=1|title=Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Owermoigne (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=27 November 2013}}</ref> | os_grid_reference= SY768853 | coordinates = {{coord|50.6669|-2.3289|display=inline,title}} | post_town= Dorchester | postcode_area= DT | postcode_district= DT2 | dial_code= | constituency_westminster= [[South Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|South Dorset]] | unitary_england= [[Dorset (district)|Dorset]] | lieutenancy_england= [[Dorset]] }}

'''Owermoigne''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|oʊ|.|ər|ˈ|m|ɔɪ|n}} {{respell|OH|ər|MOYN}}) is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[English county|county]] of [[Dorset]] in southern [[England]], situated {{convert|6|mi|km}} south-east of [[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]]. In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] the parish had a population of 467.<ref name=ons/> The parish is within an [[electoral ward]] with the same name, which stretches from the east side of the small coastal village of [[Ringstead, Dorset|Ringstead]] north towards Owermoigne and then up to, but not including, [[Crossways, Dorset|Crossways]]. To the east it covers [[White Nothe]], Holworth and Galton. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 3,804.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/owermoigne-e05003762#sthash.4hjneasq.dpbs |title=Ward population 2011 | website=ukcensusdata.com |access-date=26 February 2015}}</ref>

The parish was formerly part of the [[Winfrith (hundred)|hundred of Winfrith]], and subsequently constituted a [[Liberty (division)|liberty]] by itself.

Owermoigne village is described as Nether Moynton in the fictional [[Thomas Hardy's Wessex|Wessex]] of [[Thomas Hardy]]'s novels<ref>{{cite book|title=Dorset Coast| first=Reginald J. W. | last=Hammond | publisher=Ward Lock Ltd | page=83| year=1979 | isbn=0 7063 5494 X | edition=4th }}</ref> and his short story ''The Distracted Preacher'' in [[Wessex Tales]] takes place in the village.

At Holworth is a small wooden church dedicated to [[St Catherine-by-the-Sea, Holworth|St Catherine-by-the-Sea]] above [[Burning Cliff]].

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Owermoigne}} * [http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/owermoigne.html Owermoigne local history]

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