Owermoigne
Encyclopedia
Owermoigne is a village in south west Dorset
, England
, situated six miles south east of Dorchester. The village has a population
of 450 .
The parish was formerly part of hundred of Winfrith
, and subsequently constituted a liberty
by itself.
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 six miles south east of Dorchester. 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 450 .
The parish was formerly part of hundred of Winfrith
Winfrith (hundred)
Winfrith Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:*Coombe Keynes*East Lulworth*East Stoke*Moreton *Owermoigne *Poxwell*Warmwell*Watercombe *Winfrith Newburgh...
, and subsequently constituted a liberty
Liberty (division)
Originating in the Middle Ages, a liberty was traditionally defined as an area in which regalian rights were revoked and where land was held by a mesne lord...
by itself.