Chalbury
Chalbury is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies on the southern edge of Cranborne Chase within the East Dorset administrative district of the county, four miles north of Wimborne Minster and four miles west of Verwood. The village is sited on Chalbury Hill, the view from which has been described as "one of the most fascinating in the county". The Dorset broadcaster Ralph Wightman wrote of the hill and its view:
- "Here there is a hill which is only three hundred feet high but which manages to give a wonderful view over woodland, heath, fertile chalk and the distant Isle of Wight. This feeling of immense space seen from relatively small hills is a blessed peculiarity of Dorset."
The village has a population of 140 (2001). Journalist Mary Frances Billington was born at Chalbury in 1862, while her father was the rector at All Saints' Church.
Governance
In the UK national parliament, Chalbury is within the North Dorset parliamentary constituency.
After 2019 structural changes to local government in England, Chalbury is part of the Stour and Allen Vale ward which elects 1 member to Dorset Council.
References
- ^ Treves, Sir F., Highways and Byways in Dorset, Macmillan, 1905, p119
- ^ Ralph Wightman, Portrait of Dorset, Hale, 1983, p. 58
- ^ Fred Hunter, "Billington, Mary Frances (1862–1925)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press 2004).
- ^ "Area profile for Stour & Allen Vale - Dorset Council". gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
External links
Media related to Chalbury at Wikimedia Commons
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