Shapwick, Dorset

Shapwick, Dorset

Infobox UK place
official_name= Shapwick
country= England
region= South West England
population= 190 [Census, 2001]
os_grid_reference= ST939020
latitude= 50.81751
longitude= -2.08796
post_town= BLANDFORD FORUM
postcode_area= DT
postcode_district= DT11
dial_code=
constituency_westminster= North Dorset
civil_parish=
shire_district= East Dorset
shire_county= Dorset

Shapwick is a village in east Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour five miles south east of Blandford Forum and eight miles north of Poole. The village has a population of 190 (2001).

References

External links

* [http://www1.dorsetcc.gov.uk/LIVING/FACTS/Census2001.nsf/6cadf4da179fc19500256663004afece/30741e5e4d87117d80256ec50034f22a?OpenDocument Census data]
* [http://www.wsr.org.uk/shapwick/ Shapwick - a Dorset village in the 1950s and 1960s]


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