| Moor Crichel | |
|---|---|
 Parish church of St Mary | |
  Moor Crichel Location within Dorset | |
| Population | 140 (2013 estimate) |
| OS grid reference | ST993086 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WIMBORNE |
| Postcode district | BH21 |
| Dialling code | 01258 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Moor Crichel (/ˈkrɪtʃəl/) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Crichel, in East Dorset, England situated on Cranborne Chase five miles east of Blandford Forum. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Manswood notable for a terrace of twelve thatched cottages. Dorset County Council's 2013 estimate of the parish population is 140.[1] In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 180.[2] In the 2011 census the population of Moor Crichel parish combined with the neighbouring parish of Long Crichel was 246 (figures have not been released for Moor Crichel separately).[3] The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2015 and merged with Long Crichel to form Crichel.[4]
- ^ "Parish Population Data". dorsetforyou.com. Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Parish & Ward Population Estimates for Dorset 1992–2004
- ^ "Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics for Moor Crichel". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "The East Dorset (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2015" (PDF). Lgbce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.