Compton Abbas: Difference between revisions

|population = 216

'''Compton Abbas''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in north [[Dorset]], [[England]],. situatedIt inlies {{convert|3|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} south of the town of [[Blackmore ValeShaftesbury]]. nextIt tois sited on [[Cranbornegreensand Chase(geology)|greensand]], strata on the [[A350edge road]]of threethe [[mileBlackmore Vale]]s,<ref>{{cite southbook|author=Ralph Wightman|author-link=Ralph Wightman|title=Portrait of [[Shaftesbury]].Dorset|publisher=Robert Hale TheLtd|year=1983|page=16|edition=4|isbn=0-7090-0844-9}}</ref> villagebelow hasthe a[[chalk]] [[populationdownland|downs]] of 200 ([[2001Cranborne Chase]]). On Thetop villageof givesthese itshills nameis to[[Compton aAbbas nearbyAirfield]]. The [[Compton_Abbas_AirfieldA350 | airfieldroad]] on thebetween [[downsWiltshire]]. and Newcomers to [[Poole|the Parishsouth incoast]] 1984passes cultivated garlic inthrough the hamletvillage. ofIn Twyfordthe since[[United whenKingdom noCensus reported2011|2011 sitingscensus]] ofthe vampirescivil withinparish thehad parisha havepopulation beenof made216.<ref name=ons/> The name ''Compton Abbas'' is derivedderives from the [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon nomenclature]] "cumb-ton", (meaning 'village in a narrow valley'), andplus "abbas" which refers to the abbey at [[Shaftesbury Abbey]] (the land was owned by the abbess). The church, St. Mary's, was built in 1866 to replace the older structure which was more remote from the village.