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{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Dorset, England}}
{{Other uses|Loders (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| type = [[Village]]
| map_type = Dorset
| coordinates = {{coord|50.7453|-2.7168|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Loders
| static_image_name = The Loders Arms, Loders - geograph.org.uk - 469070.jpg
| static_image_caption = The Loders Arms
| population = 518
| population_ref = <ref name=ons>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126031&c=Loders&d=16&e=62&g=6418482&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1393540177987&enc=1|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]|title=Area: Loders (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|accessdate=27 February 2014}}</ref>
| civil_parish = Loders
| unitary_england=       [[Dorset (district)|Dorset]]
| lieutenancy_england=   [[Dorset]]
| region = South West England
| constituency_westminster = [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]]
| post_town = BRIDPORT
| postcode_area = DT
| postcode_district = DT6
| dial_code = 01308
| os_grid_reference = SY495942
}}
[[File:Loders, primary school - geograph.org.uk - 983851.jpg|thumb|Loders CE VC Primary School|260px]]

'''Loders''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[English county]] of [[Dorset]]. It lies {{convert|2|mi|km}} north-east of the town of [[Bridport]]. It is a linear village, sited in the valley of the small [[River Asker]], between Waddon Hill and Boarsbarrow Hill. In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] the parish had a [[population]] of 518.<ref name=ons/>

The village school was opened in 1869 on land owned by the Nepean family of Loders Court. It was originally called Lady Nepean's School.

The parish of Loders comprises three settlements. In the east is [[Uploders]] which has a public house, ''The Crown'', and a [[chapel]]. To the west of Uploders and separated from it by a few fields is Yondover, where the village road crosses the [[River Asker]]. The village playing field and two farms are located here. West of Yondover and separated from it by the river and the disused railway line of the [[Bridport Railway]] branch line, is Lower Loders, generally known as just Loders. Lower Loders has a public house, ''The Loders Arms'', a [[Church (building)|church]], dedicated to [[St Mary Magdalen]],<ref>{{cite web |title=St Mary Magdalene |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/9791/ |website=A church near you |accessdate=12 August 2020}}</ref> a [[village hall]], several farms, and a [[primary school]], which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2019.

In his book ''Portrait of Dorset'', [[Ralph Wightman]] gave an agricultural assessment of Loders as having "more than its share of soil variations but most of them are good soils. The result is a village of fertile fields but with an amazing difference in levels."<ref>{{cite book|title=Portrait of Dorset|author=Ralph Wightman|author-link=Ralph Wightman|page=156|publisher=Robert Hale Ltd|edition=4|year=1983|isbn=0-7090-0844-9}}</ref>

==History==
In 1086 Loders is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Lodres''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/dorset2.html#loders|title=Dorset H–R|publisher=domesdaybook.co.uk|date=1999–2013|work=The Domesday Book Online|accessdate=28 February 2014}}</ref>

During the reign of [[Henry I of England|Henry I]], [[Baldwin de Redvers]] founded a [[seat]] of a [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] priory at Loders. The monks were reputedly the first to introduce [[cider]]-making into Dorset.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dorset Coast|author=Reginald J. W. Hammond|publisher=Ward Lock Ltd|page=40|edition=4|year=1979|isbn=0-7063-5494-X}}</ref>

==Governance==
Loders is in the [[Dorset (district)|Dorset unitary authority]] area. It is part of the [[Eggardon (ward)|Eggardon electoral ward]], which elects one member to [[Dorset Council (UK)|Dorset Council]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/insights/AreaProfiles/Ward/eggardon | title=Area profile for Eggardon - Dorset Council }}</ref> Historically, Loders was in the [[Bridport Rural District]] from 1894 to 1974, and [[West Dorset]] district from 1974 to 2019.

For elections to the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]], Loders is part of the [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset constituency]].

==In culture==
[[Johnny Coppin]]'s ''Westcountry Christmas'' album includes a song called ''Song for Loders'', which mentions many places around the area, including [[Eggerton]], [[Askerswell]] and [[Muckleford, Dorset|Muckleford]], amongst others.

:When frost lies thick on Egerton
:And every pool begins to freeze
:From Muckleford to Nettle Coombe
:And hills are hung with sparkling trees
:Then to Loders we must go
:Before the world is drowned in snow

==References==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Villages in Dorset]]