Okeford Fitzpaine
Okeford Fitzpaine | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Blandford Forum | |
Postcode district | DT11 | |
Police | Dorset | |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire | |
Ambulance | South Western | |
UK Parliament | ||
Okeford Fitzpaine
History
Prehistoric remains within the parish include three
In 1086 in the
The present parish of Okeford Fitzpaine includes several areas that used to be within other parishes: Banbury Common (formerly in Child Okeford parish), the centre of the old parish of Belchalwell (plus four of its five separated parts), and part of Fiddleford (east of the Darknoll Brook).
Governance
In the
For electoral purposes in national government and district council elections, Okeford Fitzpaine is in Bulbarrow electoral ward. In national parliamentary elections this is joined with 26 other wards that together elect the Member of Parliament for the North Dorset constituency.[12]
Okeford Fitzpaine falls within the
Education
There is a small but thriving Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
There is also the Oak Tree Pre-School.[16]
The school has now closed and the children are bused to Shillingstone Primary School, nearby.
Notable buildings
Within the parish are 61 structures that are
The Parish Church of St Andrew is built from greensand and Marnhull limestone and has a 14th-century tower arch and west window, a mid-15th-century west tower, and a 19th-century chancel. The aisles and nave are also 19th century, though they incorporate some 15th-century elements. The pulpit is 15th century, albeit much restored.[4]
The Church of St Aldhelm, formerly the parish church of Belchalwell, is in the southwestern part of the parish. The nave has late-12th-century origins, though only part of the south wall remains from this date. The south doorway is well preserved, dating to about 1190, and is ornamented with chevron and dog-tooth patterning. The north aisle, chancel, south tower and south porch are 15th-century additions, though at the end of the 19th century the east wall of the chancel and all the north aisle were largely rebuilt, as were the west walls of the nave and south porch.[4]
The Old Rectory has a main block that was probably built in the mid 18th century by the Rev Duke Butler; it has a symmetrical five-bay east front comprising rendered walls above
There is what remains of a Cross of ashlar, that comprises two square steps under a chamfered plinth, on which stands an octagonal cross-base, chamfered on top, with broach stops occupying the corners of the square. The tenon of the cross-shaft still lodges in a square mortice at the centre of the octagon, but the rest has gone.[4]
Community facilities
Okeford Fitzpaine has a
People
In 2015 the village had 333 houses, with 33 more under construction on land once occupied by Phillips's Hillview Dairy. Plans are being formulated for perhaps another 100, some on the land occupied by the defunct chicken farm, some on land occupied by the defunct Wessex Homes mobile home factory, and some on Pleydell's Farm in the middle of the village.[21]
TV presenter Jack Hargreaves, known for having devised and presented How!, Out of Town and Old Country, lived at Belchalwell.
References
- ISBN 0-7090-0844-9.
- ^ "Area: Okeford Fitzpaine (Parish). Dwellings, Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2011 (KS401EW)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "Area: Okeford Fitzpaine (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f 'Okeford Fitzpaine', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 3, Central (London, 1970), pp. 200–207. University of London. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Dorset H-R". The Domesday Book Online. domesdaybook.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "Place: Okeford [Fitzpaine]". Open Domesday. domesdaymap.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ISBN 0-7091-8135-3.
- George Pitt-Rivers
- ^ "Fippenny Ockford & thereabouts" by Tom Graham, 1952
- ^ "Dorset North Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "History of the council". okeford-fitzpaine.org. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Dorset North: Seat, Ward and Prediction Details". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ "Dorset Council Election Results 2019 - All results". Dorset Council. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Home - Okeford Fitzpaine Primary School". Archived from the original on 9 January 2016.
- ^ Tom Graham, op.cit.
- ^ "Okeford Fitzpaine | Schools".
- ^ "Listed Buildings in Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, England". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "K6 Telephone Kiosk (Adjacent Post Office) No 860247, Okeford Fitzpaine". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Okeford Fitzpaine". Dorset Halls Network. Dorset Village Halls Association. 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "The Good Pub Guide 2021".
- ^ "The Okeford Fitzpaine Neighbourhood Plan | Helping to shape our future". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2015.