Morden, Dorset
Morden (otherwise Moreden) is a civil parish in the Purbeck district of south Dorset, England. Morden is about 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Poole. At the 2011 census the civil parish had 141 households and a population of 323.
As well as the village of Morden, the parish includes the hamlets of East Morden, West Morden and Whitefields.
St Mary's Church, Morden, was rebuilt in 1873 except for the lower part of the 13th-century tower. East Morden has a pub, the Cock & Bottle.
In the north of the parish, Charborough was anciently a separate manor, hamlet and ecclesiastical parish. The Grade I listed 17th-century mansion called Charborough House or Charborough Park stands in an extensive deer park, and near the house is the small parish church, also dedicated to St Mary, rebuilt in 1775 and Grade II* listed.
References
- ^ "Morden Parish Records, Dorset". www.opcdorset.org. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Area: Morden (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Parish Church of Saint Mary, Including Boundary Wall (1120559)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Cock and Bottle Inn". Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Charborough". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Charborough Park (1323286)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Parish Church of Saint Mary, Charborough (1120553)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Morden, Dorset.
- Morden Parish Council
- 'Morden', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 2, South east (London, 1970), pp. 160-173. via British History Online
- West Morden – Dorset Life, September 2009
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