# Owermoigne

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Village and civil parish in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England

Owermoigne Parish church of St Michael Owermoigne Location within Dorset Population 467 [1] OS grid reference SY768853 Unitary authority Dorset Ceremonial county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Dorchester Postcode district DT2 Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament South Dorset List of places UK England Dorset 50°40′01″N 2°19′44″W / 50.6669°N 2.3289°W / 50.6669; -2.3289

**Owermoigne** ([/ˌoʊ.ərˈmɔɪn/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English) [*OH-ər-MOYN*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key)) is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in the [county](/source/English_county) of [Dorset](/source/Dorset) in southern [England](/source/England), situated 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of [Dorchester](/source/Dorchester%2C_Dorset). In the [2011 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011) the parish had a population of 467.[1] The parish is within an [electoral ward](/source/Electoral_ward) with the same name, which stretches from the east side of the small coastal village of [Ringstead](/source/Ringstead%2C_Dorset) north towards Owermoigne and then up to, but not including, [Crossways](/source/Crossways%2C_Dorset). To the east it covers [White Nothe](/source/White_Nothe), Holworth and Galton. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 3,804.[2]

The parish was formerly part of the [hundred of Winfrith](/source/Winfrith_(hundred)), and subsequently constituted a [liberty](/source/Liberty_(division)) by itself.

Owermoigne village is described as Nether Moynton in the fictional [Wessex](/source/Thomas_Hardy's_Wessex) of [Thomas Hardy](/source/Thomas_Hardy)'s novels[3] and his short story *The Distracted Preacher* in [Wessex Tales](/source/Wessex_Tales) takes place in the village.

At Holworth is a small wooden church dedicated to [St Catherine-by-the-Sea](/source/St_Catherine-by-the-Sea%2C_Holworth) above [Burning Cliff](/source/Burning_Cliff).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ons_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ons_1-1) ["Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Owermoigne (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics"](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). Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 November 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Ward population 2011"](http://www.ukcensusdata.com/owermoigne-e05003762#sthash.4hjneasq.dpbs). *ukcensusdata.com*. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hammond, Reginald J. W. (1979). *Dorset Coast* (4th ed.). Ward Lock Ltd. p. 83. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0 7063 5494 X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0_7063_5494_X).

## External links

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- [Owermoigne local history](http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/owermoigne.html)

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