Almer

Human settlement in England

Sturminster Marshall

Unitary authority

Dorset

Ceremonial county

Dorset

Region

South West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPoliceDorsetFire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western

List of places: UK; England; Dorset

50°47′N 2°07′W / 50.78°N 02.12°W / 50.78; -02.12

Almer is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sturminster Marshall, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England.^[1]^[2] Almer is located on the A31 road near Winterborne Zelston, Huish Manor, Sturminster Marshall and opposite the Drax estate. The main features of the village are Almer Manor, Almer Parish church and the old school house. The school was co-educational; it opened in 1925 and closed in 1964. The Almer School Honours tablet is now kept in Winterborne Zelston village hall. The seven residential properties in Almer are owned and let by the Charborough (Drax) Estate. In 1931 the parish had a population of 108.^[3] On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Sturminster Marshall.^[4]

Almer Parish Church is dedicated to St Mary and is Grade 1 Listed.^[5]

References

^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 195 Bournemouth & Purbeck (Wimborne Minster & Ringwood) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231418.
^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). Ordnancesurvey.co.uk. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
^ "Population statistics Almer CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Almer CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
^ "CHURCH OF ST MARY, Sturminster Marshall - 1154550 | Historic England". Historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2021.