North Poorton

North Poorton
Manor Farm Cottages, North Poorton
North Poorton is located in Dorset
North Poorton
North Poorton
Location within Dorset
Population20 [1]
OS grid referenceSY517962
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBridport
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°46′51″N 2°41′00″W / 50.7809°N 2.6833°W / 50.7809; -2.6833

North Poorton is a hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset unitary authority area about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Bridport. Dorset County Council estimate the parish had a population of 20 in 2013.[1]

The old parish church of St Peter is a ruin, with walls remaining to about 4 feet (1.2 m) high. Just to the south is the new church, which is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene and was built in 1861–62 to a design by John Hicks.[2][3] About 0.5 miles (0.80 km) NW of the churches is a hill-fort that covers about 2.5 acres (1.0 ha).[3]

  1. ^ a b "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ^ "North Poorton St. Mary Magdalene". The Dorset Historic Churches Trust. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b "'Poorton, North', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1, West (London, 1952), pp. 180-181". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 7 March 2015.