Editing Netherbury

{{short description |Village in Dorset, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place 
|official_name = Netherbury
|country = England
|region = South West England 
|static_image_name = Netherbury, parish church of St. Mary - geograph.org.uk - 519517.jpg
|static_image_caption = Parish church of St Mary
|population = 1314
|population_ref = <ref name=ons>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126845&c=Netherbury&d=16&e=62&g=6418514&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1394400797854&enc=1 |title=Area: Netherbury (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |accessdate=9 March 2014}}</ref>
|os_grid_reference = SY470993 
|coordinates = {{coord|50.7908|-2.7535|display=inline,title}}
|post_town = BRIDPORT
|postcode_area = DT 
|postcode_district = DT6 
|dial_code = 
|constituency_westminster = [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]] 
|unitary_england = [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]]
|lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]]
 }}
'''Netherbury''' is a [[village]] and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[English county]] of [[Dorset]]. It lies within the [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset Council]] administrative area, by the small [[River Brit]], {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} south of [[Beaminster]] and {{convert|4|mi|km}} north of [[Bridport]]. The [[A3066 road]] connecting those towns lies 0.5 miles to the east.

==Population==
In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] the parish, including the villages of [[Melplash]] and [[Salway Ash]], and the small settlements of [[Atrim]], [[Oxbridge, Dorset|Oxbridge]], Waytown, North and South Bowood, Wooth, Silkhay, Mangerton, Whitecross, Filford, Dottery, Hincknowle and Loscombe, had a population of 1,314.<ref name=ons/> Netherbury is within an [[electoral ward]] that bears its name and stretches south to the edge of Bridport. The ward population was 2,080.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/netherbury-e05003761#sthash.hGlL9Z46.dpbs |title=Netherbury |publisher=ukcensusdata |accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref>

==Facilities==
Along with domestic buildings, Netherbury village has a church, a village hall, and a play park. The church has a [[Normans|Norman]] font, a 15th-century altar tomb and a 16th-century pulpit.<ref name=WDDC>{{Cite book |title=West Dorset Holiday and Tourist Guide |author=West Dorset District Council |page=14 |date=c. 1982}}</ref> The hills surrounding the village show examples of [[Lynchet|strip lynchets]].<ref name=WDDC/>

The River Brit used to serve several mills to process the [[flax]] used in Bridport's rope-making industry. In Netherbury, the river is crossed by a 17th-century bridge with three dissimilar arches: a larger, round eastern arch accommodated the [[millrace]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=Roland Gant |title=Dorset Villages |publisher=Robert Hale Limited |year=1980 |pages=127–8 |ISBN=0 7091 8135 3}}</ref>

The novelist [[Mary Anna Needell]] lived in Netherbury with her family in the 1880s.<ref name="Ancestry site">[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_f-2_s&gsfn=John+Hodder&gsln=Needell&msbdy=1814&uidh=000 Retrieved 2 March 2015.]</ref> Kingsland House was the birthplace of Vice-Admiral [[Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet]] (1762–1814).

==See also==
*[[River Cottage]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Netherbury}}
*[http://www.netherbury.info/ Netherbury village website]
*[http://www.netherburyparishcouncil.org.uk/ Parish council website]

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[[Category:Villages in Dorset]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Dorset]]