Tyneham

Tyneham
Tyneham St Mary's Church – 2009
Tyneham is located in Dorset
Tyneham
Tyneham
Location within Dorset
Population0 (2001 Census)
OS grid referenceSY885805
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWAREHAM
Postcode districtBH20
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°37′23″N 2°10′08″W / 50.623°N 2.169°W / 50.623; -2.169

Tyneham is a ghost village abandoned in 1943 and former civil parish, now in the parish of Steeple with Tyneham, in the Dorset district, in the south of Dorset, England, near Lulworth on the Isle of Purbeck. In 2001 the civil parish had a population of 0. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2014 and merged with Steeple to form Steeple with Tyneham.[1]

  1. ^ "The Purbeck District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2014" (PDF). Lgbce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.