- Toller Whelme
infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Toller Whelme
map_type = Dorset
latitude= 50.811
longitude= -2.686
civil_parish=
population = <100
shire_district=West Dorset
shire_county=Dorset
region= South West Englandconstituency_westminster= West Dorset
post_town= Dorchester
postcode_district = DT8
postcode_area= DT
dial_code= 01308
os_grid_reference= ST516015Toller Whelme is a small village in
West Dorset , England, situated 2.3 miles east ofBeaminster , 6.2 miles north ofBridport and 12.9 miles north-west of Dorchester.It takes its name from the River Toller (the former name of the present
River Hooke ), at the source of which it stands: the second element "Whelme" means "river source" or "spring" in Anglo-Saxon. It has occasionally in the past also been known as "Pinny's Toller" or "Penny Toller", from the name of the landowning Pinney family formerly established here at the Manor House.Toller Whelme is also a modern ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1871 from the ancient parish of
Corscombe ; theAnglican church of St John was built the previous year.ee also
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Toller Fratrum
*Toller Porcorum External links
* [http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/ukvillages.nsf/villages/Toller%20Whelme-Dorset?open&body=villagebody&root=villagebody Village page]
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