Broadwindsor is a village in west Dorset

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

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, two miles west of Beaminster

Beaminster

Beaminster is a small town and civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, at the head of the valley of the River Brit. Beaminster is south of Bristol, west of Bournemouth, east of Exeter and northwest of the county town 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 1,218 (2001).

Broadwindsor was also formerly 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...

, containing only the parish itself.

Broadwindsor is renowned for its Craft Centre, Lewesdon Hill in bluebell time, 13th century church, in which Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published after his death...

 preached.

The village square is much-photographed, especially King Charles Cottage, the place where King Charles II stayed the night in 1651 after his flight from the battle of Worcester.

See List of liberties in Dorset.

External links

Broadwindsor Village Website


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