Bincombe

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK place Bincombe is a small village, or hamlet,<ref name="pevsner">Template:Cite book</ref> and civil parish in Dorset, England, Template:Convert north of Weymouth. The village is Template:Convert from Upwey railway station and Template:Convert from Bournemouth International Airport. The main road running through the village is Icen Lane. The civil parish, which includes a small part of the settlement of Broadwey to the west, had a population of 514 in the 2011 census.<ref name=ons/>

The village stands on a limestone ridge Template:Convert south of Dorchester. Holy Trinity Church dates from the early 13th century.<ref name="pevsner" />

Large military camps for the observation of the English Channel were formed on the hills in this parish in the reign of George III, and two deserters, in trying to escape with details of the different camps, were captured in the English Channel, tried by court martial and shot on Bincombe Down.Template:Citation needed Their remains are buried in the churchyard, where the stone can still be seen.<ref>Kelly’s Directory of Dorset, 1895, p25.</ref> The same incident, differently interpreted, forms the basis of Thomas Hardy's short story, The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion.Template:Citation needed

The Master and Fellows of Caius College, Cambridge, are the principal landowners.Template:Citation needed

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• Bincombe local history

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