Morden (otherwise Moreden
) is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
Purbeck district of south
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 , ...
, England. Morden is about north-west of
Poole
Poole () is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Counc ...
. At the
2011 census the civil parish had 141 households and a population of 323.
As well as the village of Morden, the parish includes the
hamlets of East Morden, West Morden and Whitefields.
St Mary's Church, Morden, was rebuilt in 1873 except for the lower part of the 13th-century tower. East Morden has a pub, the Cock & Bottle.
In the north of the parish,
Charborough
Charborough is an historic former parish and manor in Dorset, England. It survives today as a hamlet, situated on an affluent of the River Stour, 6 miles west of Wimborne Minster, but without any of its former administrative powers, and is today ...
was anciently a separate manor, hamlet and ecclesiastical parish. The
Grade I listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern I ...
17th-century mansion called
Charborough House
Charborough House, also known as Charborough Park, is a Grade I listed building, the manor house of the ancient manor of Charborough. The house is between the villages of Sturminster Marshall and Bere Regis in Dorset, England.
The grounds, w ...
or Charborough Park stands in an extensive deer park, and near the house is the small parish church, also dedicated to St Mary, rebuilt in 1775 and Grade II* listed.
References
External links
Morden Parish Council*'Morden', in ''An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset'', Volume 2, South east (London, 1970)
pp. 160-173 via British History Online
West Morden– ''Dorset Life'', September 2009
Civil parishes in Dorset
Purbeck District
Villages in Dorset
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