Toller Porcorum

Toller Porcorum

infobox UK place

country = England
official_name= Toller Porcorum
map_type = Dorset
latitude= 50.780
longitude= -2.622
civil_parish=
population = 292 [ [http://www1.dorsetcc.gov.uk/LIVING/FACTS/Census2001.nsf/6cadf4da179fc19500256663004afece/4db7a1a1fe69716380256ec800587494?OpenDocument (2001 Census)] ]
shire_district= West Dorset
shire_county= Dorset
region= South West England

constituency_westminster= West Dorset
post_town= Dorchester
postcode_district = DT2
postcode_area= DT
dial_code= 01300
os_grid_reference= SY561980

Toller Porcorum is a village and civil parish in West Dorset, England, situated in the Toller valley ten miles north west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 292 (2001).

Like the other Toller villages of Toller Fratrum and Toller Whelme, the name was taken from the river, which is now known as the Hooke. The addition "Porcorum" means "of the pigs" in Latin; the village was in the past sometimes known as "Swines Toller". but more often as "Great Toller".

Toller Porcorum is also an ancient Anglican ecclesiastical parish. The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Andrew and is remarkable for the "drooping chancel" [http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/toller_porcorum.htm] .

From 1862 to 1975 the village had a railway station on the Bridport Railway.

References

External links

* [http://www1.dorsetcc.gov.uk/LIVING/FACTS/Census2001.nsf/6cadf4da179fc19500256663004afece/4db7a1a1fe69716380256ec800587494?OpenDocument Census data]
* [http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/ukvillages.nsf/villages/Toller%20Porcorum-Dorset?open&body=villagebody&root=villagebody Village page]
* [http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/toller_porcorum.htm Dorset Historic Churches Trust, with pictures]
* [http://toller.porcorum.googlepages.com/home A site about Toller Porcorum, with pictures]


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