Ashmore
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This article is about the village in Dorset. For other uses, see Ashmore (disambiguation).
Ashmore is a village and civil parish in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England, 20 miles (32 kilometres) southwest of Salisbury.
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Ashmore | |
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Ashmore village pond | |
Location within Dorset | |
Population | 188 [1] |
OS grid reference | ST912178 |
• London | 116 mi (187 km) |
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Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Salisbury |
Postcode district | SP5 |
Dialling code | 01725 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
50.9598°N 2.12536°W / 50.9598; -2.12536 |
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The village is centred on a circular pond and has a church and several stone cottages and farms, many with thatched roofs. It is the highest village in the county with the 220-metre (720-foot) contour passing close to the village church (although the north side of the town of Shaftesbury, Dorset, is slightly higher at 232 m or 761 ft).[2]
The pond or "mere" gave the village its original name of "Ash-mere".[3]
In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 188.[1]