Ibberton
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Ibberton is a village in north Dorset
, England
, situated in the Blackmore Vale
under the scarp
face of the Dorset Downs
hills, five miles south of Sturminster Newton
and seven miles west of Blandford Forum. The village has a population
of 134 .
Ibberton is the modern day name of the community, in the Domesday Book
, it was recorded as Abristentona, later as Ebrictinton and Edbrichton. Variants of the name are probably from Eadbeorht the Saxon
when he and his people set up homes on the hillside of the face of the Dorset Downs hills.
Ibberton is most well known for its picturesque scenery, including the Ibberton Oval Cricket Ground which is set in the village.
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...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, situated in the Blackmore Vale
Blackmore Vale
The Blackmore Vale is a vale, or wide valley, in north Dorset, and to a lesser extent south Somerset and southwest Wiltshire in southern England. The vale is part of the Stour valley...
under the scarp
Escarpment
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that occurs from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations.-Description and variants:...
face 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...
hills, five miles south of Sturminster Newton
Sturminster Newton
Sturminster Newton, known to locals as Stur, is a town in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. It is situated on a low limestone ridge in a meander of the River Stour. The town is at the centre of a large dairy agriculture region, around which the town's economy is built...
and seven miles west of Blandford Forum. 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 134 .
Ibberton is the modern day name of the community, in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
, it was recorded as Abristentona, later as Ebrictinton and Edbrichton. Variants of the name are probably from Eadbeorht the Saxon
Saxons
The Saxons were a confederation of Germanic tribes originating on the North German plain. The Saxons earliest known area of settlement is Northern Albingia, an area approximately that of modern Holstein...
when he and his people set up homes on the hillside of the face of the Dorset Downs hills.
Ibberton is most well known for its picturesque scenery, including the Ibberton Oval Cricket Ground which is set in the village.