West Lulworth
West Lulworth | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Wareham | |
Postcode district | BH20 | |
Police | Dorset | |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire | |
Ambulance | South Western | |
UK Parliament | ||
West Lulworth is a village and
History
In 1086 in the Domesday Book West Lulworth was not distinguished from neighbouring East Lulworth; only one settlement was recorded, called Luluorde, Luluworde or Loloworde.[2][3] It had 38.3 households, was in Winfrith Hundred and the lord and tenant-in-chief was Aiulf the chamberlain.[4] Despite this, East and West Lulworth may have been separate settlements at this time, and definitely were so by the end of the 13th century.[3]
From the late seventeenth to the mid nineteenth century smugglers used Lulworth Cove and other bays and beaches nearby. The building of coastguard cottages, which housed the customs officers still stand above the cove. Lulworth at one point had a mill, powered by water from a nearby spring. It was burnt down during the 19th century and all that remains of its existence is the millpond.
West Lulworth is also the location of the only building designed by the eminent architect Sir Edwin Lutyens in the county of Dorset. Weston was built in 1927 for the surgeon Sir Alfred Downing Fripp after he was left a legacy by a friend.[6]
Geography
West Lulworth civil parish covers 2,593 acres (1,049 ha). The underlying geology is mostly
West Lulworth village is dominated by two hills: to the east is Bindon Hill, a 170 metres (560 ft) high ridge, which has extensive remains of Iron Age earthworks. To the west is Hambury Tout, which has a barrow on its rounded top.
West Lulworth village is about one-half mile (0.80 km) north of Lulworth Cove, a picturesque, sheltered bay enclosed almost in a circle. The natural limestone arch of Durdle Door is one mile (1.6 km) west along the coast from Lulworth Cove. About 100 metres (330 ft) west of the cove is Stair Hole, a geological formation of caves with blowholes.
Amenities
West Lulworth village has a first school, a youth hostel, several small hotels,
Governance
West Lulworth is part of
Transport
West Lulworth is the terminus of the B3070 road which runs 5 miles (8.0 km) from the
See also
- West Lulworth Priory
- East Lulworth
References
- ^ "Area: West Lulworth (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Dorset H-R". The Domesday Book Online. domesdaybook.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-04771-5. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Place: [East and West] Lulworth". Open Domesday. domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Home". www.westlulworth-pc.org.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Weston".
- ^ "'Lulworth, West', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 2, South east (London, 1970), pp. 151-154". British History Online. University of London. 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "West Purbeck ward 2011". Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Now Lulworth is getting more parking restrictions to cope with tourist traffic | Bournemouth Echo".
- ^ "West Lulworth car parks full - visitors urged to go elsewhere | Dorset Echo".