Litton Cheney is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It lies 9 miles (14 km) west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited beneath chalk hills in the valley of the small River Bride. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 359.[1]
On Pins Knoll, to the west of the village, was once an Iron Age settlement, excavated in 1959.[2] On the same site, in the 4th century, there was also a Romano-British building.[2]
The parish church of St Mary was substantially restored in 1878, though it retains features—notably the tower, chancel arch and parts of the nave and porch—from the 14th and 15th centuries and has a font bowl which is probably Norman; the site originated at this time or earlier.[3]
From 1953 until 1979, The Old Rectory was the home of noted English engraver, designer, typographer and painter Reynolds Stone.
Litton Cheney has a small primary school 'Thorner's Church of England VA Primary School'.[4] The school has a 'Good' OFSTED rating.[5]
^ ab"Area: Litton Cheney (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
^ abRoland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. pp. 160–1. ISBN 0-7091-8135-3.
^"Litton Cheney, St Mary". The Dorset Historic Churches Trust. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
^"By working hard together, our small steps will build your path to the future. The Lord is my Shepherd...he guides me along the right paths" Psalm 23 | Thorner's Church of England VA Primary School". Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^Ofsted Communications Team (6 October 2020). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
LittonCheney is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It lies 9 miles (14 km) west of the county town Dorchester...
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the structures in the Dorset area, such as the Purbeck Monocline. The LittonCheney Fault is a west–to-east-trending, south-dipping normal fault. The fault...
Reynolds Stone in 1938. They lived at the 18th century Old Rectory in LittonCheney from 1953 and she became a well known hostess during their 26 years...
1917, and as a Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1919. He died in LittonCheney, Dorset, on 24 April 1954, aged 86. "Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com. "No...
Denys manors of Aust, Gloucestershire, of which they held a moiety, and LittonCheney in Dorset. The Inquisition post mortem of William's father Sir Walter...
ward, which also includes the neighbouring settlements of Abbotsbury, LittonCheney and Rodden. The total ward population at the 2011 census was 2,094....
1948. In 1953 he was appointed a CBE and moved to the Old Rectory in LittonCheney near Dorchester, where he lived until his death. Stone's output was...
former English first-class cricketer. Roper was born in July 1936 at LittonCheney, Dorset. He made a single first-class appearance as a wicket-keeper...
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witnesses was considered dependent upon their character. Three men from LittonCheney testified that they had seen the Squires family enter the village on...
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to the west, Shipton Gorge to the southwest, Chilcombe to the south, LittonCheney to the southeast and east, West Compton to the northeast and Powerstock...
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vicinity of many of these circles. With the exception of the circle at LittonCheney, none display evidence of any outlying stones or earthworks around the...
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