Melbury Bubb information

Melbury Bubb
Melbury Bubb
	Parish church of St Mary
	Melbury Bubb Location within Dorset
Population	40
OS grid reference	ST596065
Unitary authority	Dorset;
Shire county	Dorset;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
	List of places UK England Dorset 50°51′26″N 2°34′31″W / 50.8571°N 2.5753°W

Melbury Bubb is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England, situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of the town of Sherborne. It is sited on Cornbrash limestone^[2] beneath the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. The A37 trunk road between Dorchester and Bristol passes about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the west, on the other side of Bubb Down Hill. This hill used to be the site of a beacon. The first half of the village name derives from maele and burh—Old English for "multi-coloured" and "fortified place"—and the second half is a manorial name which derives either from a Saxon resident named 'Bubba' or from medieval lords of the manor.^[3] Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 40.^[1]

The parish church of St Mary has a 15th-century tower but the rest of the building was largely rebuilt in a 19th-century restoration. Its font however is carved out of the column of an upturned Saxon cross; it is elaborately carved, although the carvings are upside-down.^[3]^[4] Families were often noted as owners in books, for instance: the Blain family recently sold the property, despite occupying it for just shy of 100 years.

^ ^a ^b "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
^ Ralph Wightman (1983). Portrait of Dorset (4 ed.). Robert Hale Ltd. p. 18. ISBN 0 7090 0844 9.
^ ^a ^b "Melbury Bubb". Dorset OPC Project. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.

[dcc-1] "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

[2] Ralph Wightman (1983). Portrait of Dorset (4 ed.). Robert Hale Ltd. p. 18. ISBN 0 7090 0844 9.

[opc-3] "Melbury Bubb". Dorset OPC Project. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[4] Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.

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Melbury Bubb
Parish church of St Mary
Melbury Bubb Location within Dorset
Population	40 ^[1]
OS grid reference	ST596065
Unitary authority	Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom

Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western

List of places UK England Dorset 50°51′26″N 2°34′31″W / 50.8571°N 2.5753°W / 50.8571; -2.5753