Ibberton is a village and
civil parish
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in the county of
Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...
in southern
England
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. It is situated in the
Blackmore Vale
The Blackmore Vale (; less commonly spelt ''Blackmoor'') is a vale, or wide valley, in north Dorset, and to a lesser extent south Somerset and southwest Wiltshire in southern England.
Geography
The vale is part of the Stour valley, part of th ...
under the
scarp face of the
Dorset Downs
The Dorset Downs are an area of chalk downland in the centre of the county Dorset in south west England. The downs are the most western part of a larger chalk formation which also includes (from west to east) Cranborne Chase, Salisbury Plain, H ...
, south of
Sturminster Newton and west of
Blandford Forum. The parish covers extending over the chalk downs that lie to the south and includes the hamlets of Leigh, and Kitford. In the
2011 census the parish had a population of 101, a reduction from 134 in 2001.
The name Ibberton derives from the
Old English
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''Ēadbeorht'' (a personal name), ''ing'' and ''tūn'', and means 'estate associated with the man Ēadbeorht'. In 1086 in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
it was recorded as ''Abristetone''.
Later variants of the name include ''Ebrictinton'' and ''Edbrichton''.
The
parish church of St Eustace occupies a site that gives far-reaching views northwards over the Blackmore Vale,
and Ibberton Hill to the south provides an even loftier vantage point.
Community facilities within the village include a
village hall
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United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building which contains at least one large room (plus kitchen and toilets), is owned by a local ...
, which is also used by the neighbouring villages of
Belchalwell and
Woolland,
and a
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
ground.
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References
External links
Dorset Online Parish Clerks, Ibberton
Parish registers
Ibberton & Belchalwell Village Hall Web Site
Ibberton Village Book in the Year 2000
Villages in Dorset
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