Cranborne
Cranborne | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | WIMBORNE | |
Postcode district | BH21 | |
Dialling code | 01725 | |
Police | Dorset | |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire | |
Ambulance | South Western | |
UK Parliament | ||
Cranborne is a village in East Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 779, remaining unchanged from 2001.
Until 2019 the appropriate
Once a very small, intensely agricultural market town, the village is on chalk downland called Cranborne Chase, part of a large expanse of chalk in southern England which includes the nearby Salisbury Plain and Dorset Downs.
History
The village dates from Saxon times and was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Creneburne, meaning stream (bourne) of cranes.
In the 10th century the
In the 13th century,
The village was a market town in times when it was frequented by royalty, and housed a garrison of soldiers to protect the king. The town's population was at one time comparably large, but its importance and power have dwindled as other more accessible towns have overtaken it in size.
Cranborne was for many centuries the centre of the
Church
The church of St Mary and St Bartholomew is of 12th-century origin but most of the building is now of the 13th and 15th centuries. There is a massive 15th-century tower and the chancel was rebuilt in the 19th century. There are 14th-century wall paintings and a 15th-century pulpit.[6]
Ancient Technology Centre
In the 1980s, a reproduction of an Iron Age dwelling, a roundhouse, was built at the back of Cranborne Middle School, as an exercise in experimental archaeology. It was later expanded into a living museum as the Cranborne Ancient Technology Centre, operated by Dorset County Council. There are several reconstructed buildings and demonstrations, and educational courses on Iron Age craftworking.
See also
Notes
- ^ "Crane ward 2011". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "Area profile for Cranborne & Alderholt - Dorset Council". gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ See, The Saxon Origins of Bristol, <www.buildinghistory.org/bristol/origins.shtml> Jean Manco in discussion with Mick Aston, Joseph Bettey, Robert Jones, & Roger Leech
- ^ a b c "The priories of Cranbourne and Horton". Victoria History of the County of Dorset. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ^ Cranborne Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, Dorset Historic Churches Trust
- ^ Betjeman, John, ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins; p. 173-74
References
- Pitt-Rivers, Michael (1968). Dorset. London: Faber & Faber.
Further reading
- Newman, J.; Pevsner, N. (1972). The Buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin. pp. 170–1.
External links
- Ancient Technology Centre, Cranborne
- "Cranborne (SS. Mary and Bartholomew)". Dorset Churches. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012.