Morden | |
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![]() St Mary's Church, Morden | |
Location within
Dorset | |
Population | 323 (in 2011) |
OS grid reference | SY915952 |
District | |
Unitary authority | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WAREHAM |
Postcode district | BH20 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Morden (otherwise Moreden [1]) is a civil parish in the Purbeck district of south Dorset, England. Morden is about 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Poole. At the 2011 census the civil parish had 141 households and a population of 323. [2]
As well as the village of Morden, the parish includes the hamlets of East Morden, West Morden and Whitefields. [1]
St Mary's Church, Morden, was rebuilt in 1873 except for the lower part of the 13th-century tower. [3] East Morden has a pub, the Cock & Bottle. [4]
In the north of the parish, Charborough was anciently a separate manor, hamlet and ecclesiastical parish. [5] The Grade I listed 17th-century mansion called Charborough House or Charborough Park stands in an extensive deer park, [6] and near the house is the small parish church, also dedicated to St Mary, rebuilt in 1775 and Grade II* listed. [7]