Dewlish
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Dewlish is a village in the English county of Dorset
. It is situated in the West Dorset
administrative district of the county, about seven miles north-east of the county town of Dorchester. It is sited in the valley of the small Devil's Brook, amongst the chalk
hills of the Dorset Downs
. The surrounding area is part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
(AONB). The village has a population
of 254 (2001).
In the nineteenth century the remains of two prehistoric mammoth
s, dating from about one million years BC, were found in the hillside above the village; two of the tusks were taken to the county museum at Dorchester.. There was once a Roman villa on the site of Dewlish, and in 1740 a Roman tessellated pavement was discovered in the village.
The village pub, The Oak at Dewlish, runs darts, pool and cribbage teams. The Dewlish Cricket
Club competes in the Dorchester and District Evening League (Div 1, 2009), and the Dorset Sunday Cricket League (Div 4, 2009).
Dewlish was also the main part of the Liberty
of the same name, including Dewlish itself and a part of Milborne St Andrew
.
See List of hundreds in Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
. It is situated in the West Dorset
West Dorset
West Dorset is a local government district and parliamentary constituency in Dorset, England. Its council is based in Dorchester. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the boroughs of Bridport, Dorchester and Lyme Regis, along with...
administrative district of the county, about seven miles north-east of the county town of Dorchester. It is sited in the valley of the small Devil's Brook, amongst the chalk
Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous sedimentary rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite. Calcite is calcium carbonate or CaCO3. It forms under reasonably deep marine conditions from the gradual accumulation of minute calcite plates shed from micro-organisms called coccolithophores....
hills of the Dorset Downs
Dorset Downs
The Dorset Downs are an area of Chalk downland in the centre of the county Dorset in south west England. The downs are the most western part of a larger Chalk Formation which also includes Cranborne Chase, Salisbury Plain, Hampshire Downs, Chiltern Hills, North Downs and South Downs.The Dorset...
. The surrounding area is part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an area of countryside considered to have significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government; the Countryside Council for Wales on...
(AONB). The village has a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 254 (2001).
In the nineteenth century the remains of two prehistoric mammoth
Mammoth
A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus. These proboscideans are members of Elephantidae, the family of elephants and mammoths, and close relatives of modern elephants. They were often equipped with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair...
s, dating from about one million years BC, were found in the hillside above the village; two of the tusks were taken to the county museum at Dorchester.. There was once a Roman villa on the site of Dewlish, and in 1740 a Roman tessellated pavement was discovered in the village.
The village pub, The Oak at Dewlish, runs darts, pool and cribbage teams. The Dewlish Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
Club competes in the Dorchester and District Evening League (Div 1, 2009), and the Dorset Sunday Cricket League (Div 4, 2009).
Dewlish was also the main part of the Liberty
Dewlish (liberty)
Dewlish Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:*Dewlish*Milborne St Andrew...
of the same name, including Dewlish itself and a part of Milborne St Andrew
Milborne St Andrew
Milborne St Andrew is a village in central Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, straddling the A354 road nine miles north east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 1,042...
.
See List of hundreds in Dorset