Broadwindsor

Broadwindsor
Parish church of St John the Baptist
Broadwindsor Location within Dorset
Population	1,320 [1]
OS grid reference	ST437026
Unitary authority	Dorset
Ceremonial county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Beaminster
Postcode district	DT8
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	West Dorset
Website	Broadwindsor Village
List of places UK England Dorset 50°49′08″N 2°47′56″W / 50.8189°N 2.7989°W / 50.8189; -2.7989

Broadwindsor ( /ˌbrɔːdˈwɪnzər/) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies two miles (three kilometres) west of Beaminster. Broadwindsor was formerly a liberty, containing only the parish itself. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 1,320.^[1] In the 2011 census the population of the parish, combined with that of the small parish of Seaborough to the north, was 1,378.^[2]

The parish church is principally Perpendicular in style, though it has origins in the 12th and 13th centuries,^[3] and was rebuilt in 1868.^[4] Thomas Fuller, who wrote The Worthies of England and The History of the Holy Warre, preached here between 1634 and 1650.^[5]

King Charles II stayed the night in the village on 23 September 1651, after his flight from the Battle of Worcester.^[3][5]

The parish includes the village of Drimpton.

List of liberties in Dorset

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