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Glanville's Wootton or Wootton Glanville
as it is mostly called is in the Blackmore Vale in the north central
part of the county and lies about 7 miles southeast of Sherborne and 12
miles north of Dorchester, it was once in the division and union of
Cerne. The church is dedicated to St Mary and has a short tower that was
built in the 14th century. There is a chapel which was originally a
chantry on its south side and this has been applied as a burial place by
the Williams, Every and Henley families two whom several monuments have
been erected.
Charles Dale (1791 - 1872) lived her in the village and he was one of the most famous of Victorian entomologists and it was said he added a new type of Butterfly to the British list and he was the first person to record the Lulworth Skipper as catching one at Durdle Dor in 1832 Glanville Wooton is bordered by the parishes of Holwell to the north, Pulham in the east and Buckland Newton and Minterne Magna in the south while Holnest and Folke form the western boundary. There is also a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the Parish which is now disused and also a manor house. As well as the main village there are a few hamlets including Osehill Green, Newlands and Round Chimneys, also a Roman camp called Dungeon. Today there is no village pup the the New Inn and the Pure Drop are still standing but are now private residences the same thing applies to the old Post Office and in the farm house called Round Chimneys the father of the famed Duke of Marlborough used to live c1645.
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