Blandford Forum
Blandford Forum | |
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Dorset | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BLANDFORD FORUM |
Postcode district | DT11 |
Dialling code | 01258 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
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Blandford Forum (/ˈblænfərd/ BLAN-fərd) is a market town in Dorset, England, by the River Stour 13 miles (21 kilometres) northwest of Poole. It had a population of 10,355 at the 2021 census.
The town is notable for its
The town's economy is based on a mix of the service sector and light industry. Blandford Camp, a military base, is on the hills two miles (three kilometres) north-east of the town. It is the base of the Royal Corps of Signals, the communications wing of the British Army, and the site of the Royal Signals Museum.
History
Blandford has been a
By the 13th century, the settlement on the north bank of the river had become a market town[citation needed] with a livestock market serving the nearby Blackmore Vale with its many dairy farms. At the start of the 14th century it returned two members of parliament and was also known as Cheping Blandford,[8] where Cheping or Chipping refers to a market. The Latin translation Forum was first recorded in 1540.[9]
In Survey of Dorsetshire, written by Thomas Gerard of Trent in the early 1630s, Blandford was described as "a faire Markett Towne, pleasantlie seated upon the River ... well inhabitted and of good Traffique".[10] In the 17th-century English Civil War Blandford was a Royalist centre; most inhabitants supported the king.[11]
In the 18th century Blandford was one of several lace-making centres in the county; Daniel Defoe stated that lace made in the town was "the finest bonelace in England... I think I never saw better in Flanders, France or Italy".[12] In the 17th and 18th centuries Blandford was also a malting and brewing centre of some significance.[13]
Blandford Forum (Rebuilding After the Fire) Act 1731 | |
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Almost all of Blandford's buildings were destroyed on 4 June 1731 by the "great fire", which was the last of several serious fires that occurred in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The fire began in a
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After the post-fire reconstruction Blandford remained a thriving market town.
Blandford's weekly animal market disappeared in the 20th century, perhaps a casualty of motorised transport that enabled larger markets to be held in fewer centres (the market at nearby Sturminster Newton increased significantly). By the middle of the 20th century Blandford Fair, a seasonal sheep fair held in summer and autumn, had also disappeared, due to changes in animal husbandry and a reduction in sheep numbers in the county.[17]
Governance
In the
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For electoral purposes on the town level Blandford is divided into four electoral wards: Blandford Central, Blandford Hilltop, Blandford Langton St.Leonards and Blandford Old Town.[21] A fifth ward, Riversdale and Portman, covers Bryanston and Blandford St Mary west of the river; these are not within the parish of Blandford, but the town's built-up area extends into Blandford St Mary parish. In national parliamentary elections these five wards are joined with 22 others that together elect the Member of Parliament for the North Dorset constituency.[22] In town council elections Blandford's four wards together elect thirteen councillors to Blandford Forum Town Council; Blandford Central ward elects seven councillors, and the other three wards each elect three.[21] The mayor of Blandford for 2022 - 2023 is Colin Stevens.[23]
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Geography
Blandford is situated between
Architecture
Most of the buildings in Blandford's centre are Georgian, due to the rebuilding after the 1731 fire and the absence of subsequent change. Pevsner stated that "hardly any other town in England can be compared with it".[14] A 1970 report by Donald Insall Associates described Blandford as "the most complete and cohesive surviving example of a Georgian country town in England", with the Market Place area in particular given the status of "An Area of National Importance" and described as "a brilliant master piece" [sic].[27] Buildings that have received Grade I listing by English Heritage are the parish church of St Peter and St Paul, the town hall and corn exchange, The Old House, Coupar House, Pump House, and several buildings in Market Place: numbers 18, 20 and 26, and the old Greyhound Inn. All the listed structures in Market Place, including the church and another seventeen buildings with either Grade II or Grade II* status, form a group, together with several listed properties in West Street and East Street.[28][29]
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The parish church of St Peter and St Paul was built between 1732 and 1739
Blandford Forum Town Hall occupies a site in the Market Place close to the site that was occupied by its predecessor. It dates from 1734 and has a two-storey three-windowed frontage of Portland stone ashlar. The ground floor has three semi-circular arches leading to an open portico or loggia, called The Shambles, that used to be part of the market. Toward the back of the building is the old corn exchange, a late 19th-century assembly hall with "interesting elliptical roof-trusses".[16][37]
Coupar House, dated around 1750, is the largest private house in Blandford that dates from the post-fire period. It has a richly decorated interior with a notable staircase, and is unique among the town's private dwellings for having Portland stone dressings to its brick façade, though the design of this frontage has been described as "curiously amateurish" with "little attention ... paid to rules of proportion".[16]
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The Old House was probably built some time between 1650 and 1670 by a German doctor who practised in Blandford after graduating from
The Pump House fire monument was built by John Bastard in classical style to commemorate the fire. It dates from 1760, is of Portland stone and stands adjacent to the churchyard wall. The inscription on its rear wall states its purpose is "... to prevent by a timely Supply of Water, (with God's Blessing) the fatal Consequences of FIRE hereafter". In 1768 Bastard provided an endowment of £600. The monument was repaired in 1858 and the pump was replaced by a fountain in 1897.[16][38]
To the south of the town a six-arch stone bridge spans the River
Demography
The
Previous census returns for the town show that it had a population of less than 4,000 until 1981, after which it increased rapidly; in the 2001 census, the town had 4,524 dwellings and a population of 8,760, of whom 96.5% were White British.[citation needed] Some of the population increase however can be accounted for by a boundary change which incorporated housing estates that already existed but were previously within a different parish (Pimperne) on the town's northern side.[citation needed] Previous census figures for the town's civil parish are shown in the table below:
Census Population of Blandford Forum Parish 1931–2001 (except 1941) | ||||||||||||||
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Census | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | |||||||
Population | 3,370 | 3,667 | 3,566 | 3,650 | 3,920 | 7,850 | 8,760 | |||||||
Source:Dorset County Council[41] |
Economy
Important sectors in Blandford's economy include public administration, education and health (41% of non-agricultural employment), distribution, accommodation and food (25% of non-agricultural employment) and production and construction (19% of non-agricultural employment). In 2012 there were 3,900 people working in the town, 55% of whom worked full-time and 45% part-time. Between July 1997 and July 2013 the unemployment rate for residents of working age varied between 0.5% and 2.5%.[42] There are five industrial estates and business parks in and around the town: Blandford Heights Industrial Estate (9.47 hectares or 23.4 acres), Holland Way Industrial Estate (7.32 hectares or 18.1 acres), Sunrise Business Park (5.6 hectares or 14 acres), Uplands Industrial Park (1.34 hectares or 3.3 acres) and Clump Farm Industrial Estate (1.30 hectares or 3.2 acres).[42] These are sited mostly toward the bypass road to the north-east of the town. In 2009 there were 370 firms providing employment in the town.[42]
Major government employers in the town include the
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Major retail employers in the town include the
In education, important employers in the area include Bryanston School, Clayesmore senior school at Iwerne Minster about 5 mi (8 km) north, and The Forum School at Shillingstone 5 mi (8 km) north-west.[42]
Other important employers in the town include
Transport
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Blandford lies at the junction of the
Blandford is 15 mi (24 km) from
Blandford Camp was served by a short-lived three-mile branch line, which left the main line just north of the river bridge. This operated intermittently from 1918 to 1928.[49]
Education
Blandford Forum has two primary schools: Archbishop Wake and Milldown. A new Archbishop Wake school, built on the old St Leonards Middle School site at the bottom of Black Lane, opened in November 2008. The other feeder schools for The Blandford School are Blandford St Mary, Downlands, Dunbury and Durweston, Pimperne, and Spetisbury Primary Schools. Pupils move at the age of 11 to The Blandford School, which is a secondary school lying in the west of Blandford; the school also has a sixth form.
A number of private schools are also located near Blandford, such as Bryanston School, Canford School, Clayesmore School, Hanford School, Knighton House School and Milton Abbey School.
Art, culture and media
Blandford Georgian Fayre, a one-day celebration of the town's
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There are three museums in Blandford and its vicinity: Blandford Town Museum in Bere's Yard,[51] Blandford Fashion Museum in The Plocks,[52] and the Royal Signals Museum at Blandford Camp military base.[53] Blandford Town Museum has no admission charge but is not open on Sundays or during the winter. It has artefacts from the history of the town and the surrounding area, and a small Victorian garden that was created in 2008.[54][55] Blandford Fashion Museum has collections of fashions between the early 18th century and the 1970s; it is also closed in the winter.[52] The Royal Signals Museum contains items relating to the history of the Royal Corps of Signals and military communication since the Napoleonic Wars.[53]
In 1590, Edmund Spenser mentioned the Stoure flowing through the town in The Faerie Queene.[56]
Blandford features in Thomas Hardy's novels as the Wessex town of Shottesford Forum.[57]
Blandford Forum railway station which is now gone – the train line to Blandford was removed in the 1960s – was mentioned in the 1963 song Slow Train by Flanders and Swann.[58]
Local radio stations are
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Sport and leisure
Blandford Forum has a Non-League football club, Blandford United F.C., who play at Blandford Recreation Ground. Blandford Bowls Club play in several men's and women's leagues and have a six rinks green, also on the recreation ground on Milldown Road.[62][63][64] Blandford Cricket Club has three men's teams that play in divisions in a local county league, plus several youth teams that compete in the North Dorset Junior leagues.[65] The club has its own cricket ground at the top of Whitecliff Mill Street.[66] Blandford Rugby Football Club are based at facilities beside the leisure centre at The Blandford School.[67]
Community facilities
Blandford Community Hospital on Milldown Road provides minor and day surgery, occupational therapy, outpatient and community rehabilitation services, palliative care, community mental health services and physiotherapy.[68] Blandford Library, located on The Tabernacle, has music and feature films for hire as well as books, and has internet access and reference works available.[69]
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Public open spaces in Blandford include Park Road Recreation Ground, which has football and cricket pitches and associated pavilions,[70] and Larksmead Playing Field, which has two rugby pitches, and is the home of Blandford Rugby Club.[71] There are also local authority controlled football and rugby union pitches at The Blandford School in Milldown Road.[72] Next to the main post office in the town centre is Woodhouse Gardens, a small public garden that contains a pavilion that can be hired for events.[73]
Natural history
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The
Notable residents
Blandford is the birthplace of three eighteenth-century bishops: William Wake (1657–1737), Archbishop of Canterbury; Thomas Lindesay (1656–1724), Archbishop of Armagh; and Samuel Lisle (1683–1749), Bishop of Norwich.[32]
Members of the influential aristocratic Pitt family were born in Blandford, including William Pitt, Thomas Pitt, Robert Pitt and his wife Harriet Villiers.[citation needed]
Frederick Abberline (1843–1929), the former chief inspector for the London Metropolitan Police during the hunt for Jack the Ripper, was born in Blandford. The composer and organist Albert Mallinson (1878–1946) lived in Blandford. The music hall performer Sam Cowell (1820–1864) died in the town, and is buried there.
The sculptor
Twin towns
Blandford Forum is
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