# Whitcombe, Dorset

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Village and civil parish in Dorset, England

For other places with the same name, see [Whitcombe](/source/Whitcombe_(disambiguation)).

Human settlement in England

Whitcombe View of Whitcombe from the south Whitcombe Location within Dorset Population 20 [1] OS grid reference SY717882 Unitary authority Dorset Ceremonial county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town DORCHESTER Postcode district DT2 Dialling code 01305 Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament West Dorset List of places UK England Dorset 50°41′33″N 2°24′05″W / 50.692597°N 2.401403°W / 50.692597; -2.401403

**Whitcombe** is a small [village](/source/Village) and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in the [Dorset](/source/Dorset_(unitary_authority)) unitary authority area of [Dorset](/source/Dorset), [England](/source/England), situated 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of [Dorchester](/source/Dorchester%2C_Dorset). [Dorset County Council](/source/Dorset_County_Council)'s 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the parish is 20.[1]

Whitcombe village is next to the [A352](/source/A352_road) main road between [Broadmayne](/source/Broadmayne) and Dorchester, between the parishes of [West Knighton](/source/West_Knighton%2C_Dorset) and Broadmayne to the east, [West Stafford](/source/West_Stafford) to the north, and [Winterborne Came](/source/Winterborne_Came) to the west.[2] Whitcombe does not form an [ecclesiastical parish](/source/Ecclesiastical_parish), although [Whitcombe Church](/source/Whitcombe_Church) has registers dating from 1762. The earlier registers were destroyed in a fire. The church, now redundant, is in a "modest but perfect location" according to [Pevsner](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner).[3]

In the surrounding area there are a number of prehistoric earthworks.[2] Whitcombe was originally recorded as Widecome, with a land measurement of two hides. [King Athelstan](/source/King_Athelstan) gave it to the [Milton Abbey](/source/Milton_Abbey_School#History_of_Milton_Abbey_School). At the time of the [Dissolution of the Monasteries](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries), its ownership passed to the King. Around 1600, it was sold to a Mr Hull from [Tolpuddle](/source/Tolpuddle).

Whitcombe Hill is located 0.25 miles (0.40 km) west of the church.[3] A [Portland stone](/source/Portland_stone) relief of a bearded man on horseback, dating from 2nd–3rd century AD, was found here in 1963 and subsequently added to the collection of the [Dorset Museum](/source/Dorset_Museum) in Dorchester.

There are a [Grade II](/source/Grade_II) listed [manor house](/source/Manor_house),[4] riding [stables](/source/Stables) and a [tithe barn](/source/Tithe_barn) at Whitcombe.

## 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. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141102112421/https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882) from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-history_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-history_2-1) ["Whitcombe"](http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/whitcombe.html). *www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150517070204/http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/whitcombe.html) from the original on 17 May 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pevsner_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pevsner_3-1) Newman, John; [Pevsner, Nikolaus](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner) (1972). "Whitcombe". *[The Buildings of England](/source/The_Buildings_of_England): Dorset*. Harmondsworth: [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books). pp. 457–458. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0 14 071044 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0_14_071044_2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-manor-house_4-0)** ["The Manor House Whitcombe"](http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-105990-the-manor-house-whitcombe-dorset). *britishlistedbuildings.co.uk*. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

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