# Toller Fratrum

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Village and civil parish in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England

Toller Fratrum Parish church of St. Basil Toller Fratrum Location within Dorset Population 10 [1] OS grid reference SY578972 Unitary authority Dorset Ceremonial county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Dorchester Postcode district DT2 Dialling code 01300 Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament West Dorset List of places UK England Dorset 50°46′23″N 2°35′53″W / 50.773°N 2.598°W / 50.773; -2.598

**Toller Fratrum** ([/ˈfreɪtrəm/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English)) is a very small village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in [Dorset](/source/Dorset), England, near [Maiden Newton](/source/Maiden_Newton), anciently in [Tollerford Hundred](/source/Tollerford_Hundred).

The name is taken from the village's situation on the brook formerly known as the Toller, now called the [Hooke](/source/River_Hooke). The addition *Fratrum* is the [Latin](/source/Latin) for *of the brothers* and refers to the mediaeval ownership of the manor by the [Knights Hospitaller](/source/Knights_Hospitaller), which distinguishes it from the other Tollers, namely [Toller Porcorum](/source/Toller_Porcorum) and [Toller Whelme](/source/Toller_Whelme). It is often referred to as *Little Toller*.

The village has a notable 16th-century farm house, *Little Toller Farm*, built largely by John Samways, who acquired the estate in 1540. The farm house was later occupied by the Fulford family. The church of [Saint Basil](/source/Saint_Basil) was rebuilt in the 19th century but possesses not only an unusual [Norman](/source/Norman_architecture) [font](/source/Baptismal_font), carved with archaic figures, but also a [relief](/source/Relief) of Saint [Mary Magdalene](/source/Mary_Magdalene) of the same period. Sir [Francis Fulford](/source/Francis_Fulford_(politician)), who acquired Toller Fratrum through marriage into the Samways family, was buried here in 1664.

The independent book publisher, Little Toller Books, is based in the village.

[Dorset County Council](/source/Dorset_County_Council)'s latest (2013) estimate of the population of the parish is 10.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dcc_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dcc_1-1) ["Parish Population Data"](https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882). Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

## External links

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- [Dorset Historic Churches Trust - Picture](http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/toller%20fratrum.htm)

- [Village page](https://web.archive.org/web/20070314042446/http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/ukvillages.nsf/villages/Toller%20Fratrum-Dorset?open&body=villagebody&root=villagebody)

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