Compton Abbas

Compton Abbas

Coordinates: 50°58′N 2°11′W / 50.96°N 2.19°W / 50.96; -02.19

Compton Abbas
Compton Abbas is located in Dorset
Compton Abbas

 Compton Abbas shown within Dorset
OS grid reference ST869184
Shire county Dorset
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Dorset
Fire Dorset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
List of places: UK • England • Dorset

Compton Abbas is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale next to Cranborne Chase, on the A350 road three miles south of Shaftesbury. The village has a population of 200 (2001). The village gives its name to a nearby airfield on the downs. The name Compton Abbas is derived from the Saxon nomenclature "cumb-ton" (meaning 'village in a narrow valley'), and "abbas" refers to the abbey at Shaftesbury (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.

The tower of the Church of St Mary in East Compton is a Grade I listed building.

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