Alcester, Dorset

Human settlement in England
  • Shaftesbury
Unitary authority
  • Dorset
Ceremonial county
  • Dorset
Region
  • South West
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPoliceDorsetFireDorset and WiltshireAmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°59′N 2°13′W / 50.99°N 02.21°W / 50.99; -02.21

Alcester is a village in the civil parish of Shaftesbury, in Dorset, England.

History

Alcester was formerly a liberty in the parish of St. James Shaftesbury, within the parliamentary borough of Shaftesbury, but without the municipal borough, Dorset. Pop., 342. Houses, 76.[1] On 31 December 1894 Alcester became a separate civil parish, on 9 November 1921 the parish was abolished and merged with Shaftesbury.[2] In 1921 the parish had a population of 291.[3]

References

  1. ^ "History of Alcester in North Dorset | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Relationships and changes Alcester CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Population statistics Alcester CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 16 April 2024.


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