South Perrott

South Perrott
South Perrott Church
South Perrott is located in Dorset
South Perrott
South Perrott
Location within Dorset
Population220 [1]
Civil parish
  • South Perrott
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBeaminster
Postcode districtDT8
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°51′29″N 2°45′02″W / 50.8581°N 2.7506°W / 50.8581; -2.7506

South Perrott is a village and civil parish in northwest Dorset, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Crewkerne. In 2012 the estimated population of the parish was 220.[1] Figures from the 2011 census have been published for South Perrott parish combined with the neighbouring parish of Chedington; the population in these areas was 367.[2]

The name Perrott comes from the River Parrett.[3]

The manor was held with North Perrott just over the border in Somerset.[4]

Immediately south of the church are some earthworks, the remains of the moated enclosures of Mohun Castle. A geophysical survey of this site was undertaken in 1996.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Area: South Perrott (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  3. ^ Pulman, George P. R. (1854). The Book of the Axe. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 38.
  4. ^ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The complete guide. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press Ltd. pp. 156–157. ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
  5. ^ English Heritage (July 1996). Mohun Castle, South Perrot, Dorset: Resistivity Survey Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine