Bincombe

Bincombe
Bincombe
	; View along the main road in Bincombe with the church in the background.
	Bincombe Location within Dorset
Population	514 [1]
OS grid reference	SY685846
Civil parish	Bincombe;
Unitary authority	Dorset;
Shire county	Dorset;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WEYMOUTH
Postcode district	DT3
Dialling code	01305
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	West Dorset;
Website	www.bincombe.co.uk

Bincombe is a small village, or hamlet,[2] and civil parish in Dorset, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Weymouth. The village is 1 mile (1.6 km) from Upwey railway station and 28 miles (45 km) 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.[1]

The village stands on a limestone ridge 3 miles (5 km) south of Dorchester. Holy Trinity Church dates from the early 13th century.[2]

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. Their remains are buried in the churchyard, where the stone can still be seen.[3] The same incident, differently interpreted, forms the basis of Thomas Hardy's short story, The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion.

The Master and Fellows of Caius College, Cambridge, are the principal landowners.

References

"Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Bincombe (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1972). The Buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 92–93. ISBN 0 14 071044 2.
Kelly’s Directory of Dorset, 1895, p25.

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Bincombe local history

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[ons-1] "Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Bincombe (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[pevsner-2] Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1972). The Buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 92–93. ISBN 0 14 071044 2.

[3] Kelly’s Directory of Dorset, 1895, p25.