Editing Affpuddle

{{Short description|Village in Dorset, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
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| official_name            = Affpuddle
| local_name               = 
| country                  = England
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| region                   = South West England
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| static_image_caption     = Parish church of St Laurence
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| population               = 402
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| post_town                = DORCHESTER
| postcode_area            = DT
| postcode_district        = DT2
| dial_code                = 01305
| constituency_westminster = [[South Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|South Dorset]]
| civil_parish             = [[Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle]]
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| unitary_england          = [[Dorset (district)|Dorset]]
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'''Affpuddle''' is a small village and former [[civil parish]], now in the parish of [[Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle]], in the [[Dorset (district)|Dorset]] district of the ceremonial county of [[Dorset]], England, {{convert|9|mi}} east of [[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]]. The local travel links are {{convert|3|mi}} from the village to [[Moreton (Dorset) railway station|Moreton railway station]] and {{convert|20|mi}} to [[Bournemouth International Airport]]. Part of the village street is the B3390, which divides the village into two. Affpuddle parish included the settlements of [[Briantspuddle]] to the east and Pallington to the south. In the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]] this parish had a population of 402.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=794014&c=Affpuddle&d=16&e=15&g=438897&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1370852782659&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=Area: Affpuddle CP (Parish). Parish Headcounts, 2001 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |accessdate=10 June 2013}}</ref> On 1 April 2010 the parish was abolished and merged with [[Turners Puddle]] to form "Affpuddle & Turnerspuddle".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/dorset.html|title=Dorset Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=9 August 2023}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] this joint parish had 200 households and a population of 436.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119846&c=Affpuddle&d=16&e=62&g=6418253&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1423948811771&enc=1 |title=Area: Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |accessdate=14 February 2015 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214235754/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119846&c=Affpuddle&d=16&e=62&g=6418253&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1423948811771&enc=1 |archivedate=14 February 2015 |df= }}</ref>

Affpuddle village is in the [[River Piddle|Piddle valley]], just north of the [[Isle of Purbeck|Purbeck]] [[conifer]] plantations and heathland, in a valley beside the villages of [[Tolpuddle]] and [[Puddletown]].  The village is linear and made of brick, stone and [[thatch]]ed cottages and has a 13th-century church dedicated to [[Lawrence of Rome|St Laurence]].

==History==
The village was established during or before the [[Saxon people|Saxon]] era, and was mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Affapidela'', having a [[manor house]] belonging to the [[Abbot]] of [[Cerne Abbas|Cerne]].  After the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries|Dissolution]] the village became an estate of the Lawrence family, an ancestor of whom married the heiress of a branch of the Washington family, from another branch of which descended [[George Washington]]. The Washington [[coat of arms|arms]] was quartered by the Lawrences and thus appears on the north wall of the [[chancel]] in the village church on a Lawrence monument.  The church of St Laurence is noted for its elaborate [[pew]]s, dated 1545 or 1547, and the finely carved [[pulpit]], undated but in a very similar style. The church dates from the 13th century but was enlarged by an aisle and a tower in the 15th century. Other features of interest are the Norman font and south doorway.<ref>Betjeman, John, ed. (1968) ''Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South''. London: Collins; p. 171</ref>

The earliest records in Dorset of the agricultural practice of flooding fields to form [[watermeadow]]s refer to Affpuddle in the early 17th century; Edward Lawrence, the lord of the manor at the time, was interested in agricultural improvement and favoured the use of flooding here and in neighbouring [[Briantspuddle|Briantspiddle]] and Pallington, where he also had manors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bahs.org.uk/AGHR/ARTICLES/25n1a5.pdf|accessdate=6 November 2013|author=J H Bettey|publisher=bahs.org.uk (British Agricultural History Society) (scan)|title=The Development of Water Meadows in Dorset during the Seventeenth Century|pages=37–8}}</ref>

The village later belonged to the Framptons of [[Moreton, Dorset|Moreton]], noted for their involvement with the [[Tolpuddle Martyrs]]. John Lock who gave key evidence against them also lived in the village.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*''History of Dorset'', [[John Hutchins (antiquary)|John Hutchins]], 3rd ed (1861–73)
*''Affpuddle in the County of Dorset'', Joan Brocklebank (1967)

== External links ==
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*[http://www.briantspuddle.info Affpuddle & Turnerspuddle Parish Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051125011025/http://www.bath.ac.uk/~lismd/dorset/churches/affpuddle.html Dorset Churches, with picture]
*{{OpenDomesday|SY8093|affpuddle|Affpuddle}}
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[[Category:Villages in Dorset]]
[[Category:Former civil parishes in Dorset]]
[[Category:Purbeck District]]