In which English county would you find the towns of Blandford Forum, Sherborne and Bridport?
"Bridport Railway The Bridport Railway was a railway branch line that operated in the county of Dorset in England. It connected Bridport with the main line network at Maiden Newton, and opened on 12 November 1857. It was extended to West Bay in 1884, but the extension was not well used and it closed to passengers in 1930. The remaining branch closed in 1975. During the 1840s a number of railway schemes had been proposed, that would have put Bridport on a main line from London to Exeter. This included the Bridport and Exeter Railway, and schemes to extend the"
"than average proportion of social housing and five small towns shown in the infobox. The largest town is Verwood, and the most central is the market town of Blandford Forum, north of the port of Poole. 1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Shaftesbury, the Sessional Divisions of Blandford, Shaftesbury, and Sturminster, and part of the Sessional Division of Sherborne. 1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Blandford Forum and Shaftesbury, the Urban District of Sherborne, the Rural Districts of Blandford, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, and Sturminster, and part of the Rural District of Wimborne and Cranborne. 1950-1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Blandford Forum and Shaftesbury,"
"Blandford, Nova Scotia Blandford is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Chester Municipal District on the Aspotogan Peninsula on the Lighthouse Route (Nova Scotia Route 329). Blandford originally included the present day communities of New Harbour, Upper Blandford, and Deep Cove. Between 1767-1769, the English from the west country settled Blandford, naming the community after Blandford Forum. One of the first settlers of Blandford was George Casper Zinck (c.1764 - ), the son of a German-speaking immigrant. George first lived in Lunenburg and then after the American Raid on Lunenburg (1782) during the American"
"a small orchard of apple, pear and plum trees has been planted. Many of the thatched cottages in the village are listed buildings. Winterborne Stickland Winterborne Stickland is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district, about west of the town of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 520. In the 2011 census the parish, combined with the smaller neighbouring parishes of Winterborne Clenston to the south and Turnworth to the north, recorded a population of 653. Winterborne Stickland is sited"
"He had his ashes buried in Blandford (and Pugwash, Nova Scotia). At his death in 1979, his estate was purchased by a group of businessmen from Germany. Blandford, Nova Scotia Blandford is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Chester Municipal District on the Aspotogan Peninsula on the Lighthouse Route (Nova Scotia Route 329). Blandford originally included the present day communities of New Harbour, Upper Blandford, and Deep Cove. Between 1767-1769, the English from the west country settled Blandford, naming the community after Blandford Forum. One of the first settlers of Blandford was George Casper"
"retirement when he wrote the Flora. In July 2015, archeologists discovered the Iron Age remains of what is believed to be Britain's oldest planned town near Winterborne Kingston. Winterborne Kingston Winterborne Kingston is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the North Dorset administrative district, south of the town of Blandford Forum and northeast of the large village of Bere Regis. It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the edge of the dip slope of the Dorset Downs. In the 2011 census the parish had 282 households and a population"
"of Blandford Forum, southeast of Shaftesbury, north-northwest of Wimborne Minster and southwest of Salisbury. In the 2011 census Farnham civil parish had 105 dwellings, 92 households and a population of 183. The population of the parish in the censuses between 1921 and 2001 is shown in the table below: Farnham, Dorset Farnham is a village and civil parish in North Dorset, in the south of England, on Cranborne Chase, north east of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 183. The name Farnham derives from the Old English ""fearn"" (fern) and ""ham"" (homestead) and means"
"Bastard brothers of Blandford Forum during the reign of Queen Anne. Pevsner considered it to be one of England's finest Baroque houses. Two rounded ends were added to the house in 1912. Part of the house is open to the public. A book about the village, ""Enduring Village"", was published in August, 2008. Chettle Chettle is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district, north-east of the town of Blandford Forum. It is sited at the head of a gently-sloping valley on the dip slope of"
"Bradford Abbas Bradford Abbas is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, southeast of Yeovil and southwest of Sherborne. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was 975. The name of the village signifies the ""Abbot's broad ford"" on the River Ivel, the abbot in question being that of Sherborne; the land was given to Sherborne Abbey by King Alfred the Great. In the dry summer of 2010 cropmarks in sun-parched fields of barley, visible from the air, revealed the existence of a previously unsuspected 1st-century temporary Roman camp, one of only four detected in"
"Shadforth Shadforth is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the east of Durham. The historic centre of the village is designated a conservation area. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 2118. Shadforth is also a civil parish that also incorporates Ludworth and Sherburn Hill. Shadforth was a farming village from around AD 600. The village is mentioned in the Boldon Book of 1183. It is perhaps the only village in England with the name 'Shadforth' meaning 'Shallow Ford’. Shadforth is unusual in that it has never had"
"Blandford is governed by Blandford Forum Town Council, which has responsibilities that include outdoor fitness and play areas, CCTV, the cemetery and allotments, venue hire, the indoor market, grass cutting and grit bins. For electoral purposes Blandford is divided into four electoral wards: Blandford Central, Blandford Hilltop, Blandford Langton St.Leonards and Blandford Old Town. A fifth ward, Riversdale and Portman, covers Bryanston and Blandford St Mary west of the river; these are not within the parish of Blandford, but the town's built-up area extends into Blandford St Mary parish. In national parliamentary elections these five wards are joined with 22"
"is a bi-weekly indoor market held in the Corn Exchange. Blandford's shopping catchment area (major food shopping), which extends about to the northeast and southwest and about to the northwest and southeast, had a population of about 24,200 in 2001. In education, important employers in the area include Bryanston School, Clayesmore senior school at Iwerne Minster about to the north, and The Forum School at Shillingstone to the northwest. Other important employers in the town include Damory Coaches, the brewing company Hall and Woodhouse, Hospital Metalcraft, metal tube manipulators Iracroft Ltd, trolley maintenance company KJ Pike & Sons, Signpost Housing"
"Bradford, Vermont Bradford is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,797 at the 2010 census. Bradford is located on the county's eastern border, bordering both the Connecticut River and New Hampshire, and is a commercial center for some of its surrounding towns. The earliest name of the settlement was Wait's River Town or Waitstown, in honor of Joseph Wait, a member of Rogers' Rangers. The town was originally part of Gloucester County in the Province of New York before becoming part of Vermont. In 1770, the town was established by New York patent: 3,000 acres"
"North Dorset, which is currently represented in the UK parliament by the Conservative Simon Hoare. Pimperne Pimperne ( ) is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase northeast of the town of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 478 households and a population of 1109. The first records of Pimperne go back to the Domesday Book in the late 11th century, where it is recorded as ""Pinpre"", but it is believed that the village goes back to Anglo-Saxon times. A Bronze Age settlement was discovered in the barrows to the"
"Borough of Bedford Bedford is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is based at Bedford, the county town of Bedfordshire. The borough contains one large urban area, the 71st largest in the United Kingdom that comprises Bedford and the adjacent town of Kempston, surrounded by a rural area with many villages. 75% of the borough's population live in the Bedford Urban Area and the five large villages which surround it, which makes up slightly less than 6% of the total land area of the Borough. The borough is also the"
"Blandford, Massachusetts Blandford is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,233 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the home of the Blandford Ski Area. Blandford was first settled in 1735 primarily by Scots-Irish settlers and was officially incorporated on November 10, 1741. Because of these Scots-Irish families, Blandford was originally called ""New Glascow"" after Glasgow, Scotland, but was renamed ""Blandford"" at the time of incorporation. While the petition of incorporation from the settlers asked that the town be named ""Glascow"", William Shirley, the newly appointed"
"Stourpaine Stourpaine () is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the valley of the River Stour in the North Dorset administrative district, northwest of Blandford Forum. The A350 road, which connects Blandford to Shaftesbury to the north, passes through the village. The chalk hills of Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Downs lie immediately to the north-east and south-west respectively. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 277 dwellings, 265 households and a population of 617. It was the original site of the Great Dorset Steam Fair, which has"
"is divided from the Downs by the valley of the River Stour, which cuts through the chalk at Blandford Forum. Cranborne Chase lies partly within the neighbouring county of Wiltshire. It is a sparsely populated area that is well-wooded in parts. The name 'chase' comes from its previous use as a hunting area. At 60 miles in length, the River Stour is Dorset's longest river, although its source is just outside the county boundary at Stourhead in Wiltshire to the north. It enters Dorset near the village of Bourton, then flows generally southwards through the Blackmore Vale via the towns"
"distinction and an idiosyncratic charm to many of Britain's provincial areas. Bastard brothers John (ca 1688–1770) and William Bastard (ca 1689–1766) were British surveyor-architects, and civic dignitaries of the town of Blandford Forum in Dorset. John and William generally worked together and are known as the ""Bastard brothers"". They were builders, furniture makers, ecclesiastical carvers and experts at plasterwork, but are most notable for their rebuilding work at Blandford Forum following a large fire of 1731, and for work in the neighbourhood that Colvin describes as ""mostly designed in a vernacular baroque style of considerable merit though of no great"
"Winterborne Stickland Winterborne Stickland is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district, about west of the town of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 520. In the 2011 census the parish, combined with the smaller neighbouring parishes of Winterborne Clenston to the south and Turnworth to the north, recorded a population of 653. Winterborne Stickland is sited in a winterbourne valley in the Dorset Downs, which gives rise to the first part of its name. The second part ""Stickland"" is"
"Burford, Shropshire Burford is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,108, rising to 1,392 at the 2011 Census. The parish is situated to the north of the River Teme, on the other side of the Teme is the Worcestershire town of Tenbury Wells. To the west, the A456 road bridges Ledwyche Brook, leading to the Herefordshire village of Little Hereford. To the northeast is the Shropshire village and parish of Boraston. Where the Ledwyche meets the Teme is geographically notable for a number of reasons - it"
"southwest Britain. In the 19th century five Roman kilns were found in a field to the east of the village. Also found at the site were pottery, roof slates, bracelets and querns. Bradford Abbas Bradford Abbas is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, southeast of Yeovil and southwest of Sherborne. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was 975. The name of the village signifies the ""Abbot's broad ford"" on the River Ivel, the abbot in question being that of Sherborne; the land was given to Sherborne Abbey by King Alfred the Great. In"
"derived from ""sticol"", Old English for ""steep"". Blandford Forest is a scattered area of woodlands northwest of Blandford Forum that is located within a 10km radius of Winterborne Stickland. The parish Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building. The nave and chancel date from the thirteenth century, the tower from around 1500 and the south porch from the sixteenth century. Restoration work took place in 1892. The building is constructed of bands of stone and flint and there is a north tomb chamber. The tower is on the west end and is in two stages; it has"
"including 2.0% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over. Blandford, Massachusetts Blandford is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,233 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the home of the Blandford Ski Area. Blandford was first settled in 1735 primarily by Scots-Irish settlers and was officially incorporated on November 10, 1741. Because of these Scots-Irish families, Blandford was originally called ""New Glascow"" after Glasgow, Scotland, but was renamed ""Blandford"" at the time of incorporation. While the petition of incorporation"
"Pimperne Pimperne ( ) is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase northeast of the town of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 478 households and a population of 1109. The first records of Pimperne go back to the Domesday Book in the late 11th century, where it is recorded as ""Pinpre"", but it is believed that the village goes back to Anglo-Saxon times. A Bronze Age settlement was discovered in the barrows to the north of the village. A house found in this has been used as the model"
"been held at nearby Tarrant Hinton in more recent years. Stourpaine Stourpaine () is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the valley of the River Stour in the North Dorset administrative district, northwest of Blandford Forum. The A350 road, which connects Blandford to Shaftesbury to the north, passes through the village. The chalk hills of Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Downs lie immediately to the north-east and south-west respectively. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 277 dwellings, 265 households and a population of 617. It was the"
"Bridford Bridford is a village and civil parish in south west England, located in the Teign Valley, Devon on the edge of Dartmoor. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Dunsford, Doddiscombsleigh, Christow, and Moretonhampstead. At the 2011 census the population of the parish was 503, compared with 404 in 1901. The place-name 'Bridford' is first attested in a charter of circa 1080, where it appears as ""Bridaford"". It is recorded as ""Brideforda"" in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'brides' ford', and has the same derivation as Britford in Wiltshire. Bridford has"
"Langford Budville Langford Budville is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated near the River Tone north-west of Wellington, from Wiveliscombe and west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The parish includes the hamlets of Bindon, Lower Chipley, Lower Wellisford, Ramsey and Runnington. The parish has a population of 535. Langford Budville has a few basic facilities; like most villages it has a church (St Peter's), a public house (""The Martlet""), and a school (Langford Budville Church of England Primary) There is also a hotel. The parishes of Langford Budville and Runnington were part of the Milverton"
"Cranfield Cranfield is a village and civil parish in north west Bedfordshire, England, between Bedford and Milton Keynes. It has a population of 4,909, increasing to 5,369 at the 2011 Census. and is in Central Bedfordshire District. The hamlet of Bourne End is located just north of Cranfield, and is part of the civil parish. Wharley End was a separate settlement, but now forms the northern part of Cranfield village, by the university. Cranfield has two public houses, a football club, hairdressers, hardware store, several take-away restaurants, two small supermarkets and one car dealership. There is also a surgery and"
"forms the northeast edge of the CDP, although there is no direct access to the community from the turnpike. Blandford sits at an elevation of at the eastern edge of the Berkshires. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Blandford (CDP), Massachusetts Blandford is a census-designated place that comprises the populated center of the town of Blandford in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of the CDP was 393 at the 2010 census, out of 1,233 in the entire town of Blandford. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts"
"Blandford-Blenheim Blandford-Blenheim is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Oxford County. The township had a population of 7,359 in the Canada 2011 Census. Its government consists of a mayor and four councillors. There are no geographic ward divisions for municipal elections; candidates for councillor campaign in the entire township and the four candidates who receive the most votes are declared elected. The township was amalgamated in 1975 from two historic county townships, Blandford and Blenheim. The town of Blandford-Blenheim comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities such as Blandford, Blandford Station, Blink"
"Brabourne Brabourne is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, England. The village centre is east of Ashford town centre. Due to a decrease in local occupancy rate, the population fell by 133 between 2001 and 2011. The centre of the modern village of Brabourne is ""The Five Bells"", a large pub, which overlooks the village green. The original village grew up some way to the east of this, around the ancient village church; this area is now sometimes referred to as East Brabourne. The original village has been outgrown by Brabourne Lees, in the civil"
"in 1966. Located between and Broadstone, the railway was still open until the closure of the Blandford's goods yard in 1969, after which the track was lifted. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song ""Slow Train"" by Flanders and Swann. Blandford Forum has two primary schools: Archbishop Wake and Milldown. A new Archbishop Wake school, built on the old St Leonards Middle School site at the bottom of Black Lane, opened in November 2008. The other feeder schools for The Blandford School are Blandford St Mary, Downlands, Dunbury and Durweston, Pimperne, and Spetisbury Primary Schools. Pupils move at"