Charminster is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated on the River Cerne and A352 road 1 mile north of the county town Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 2,940 and also contains the hamlet of Charlton Down.
The village name derives from the River Cerne and the small 'minster' church of St Mary, resulting in "Cerneminster" , which eventually evolved into Charminster. The village, which includes Wolfeton House, was the place of origin of Richard Norman and family, one of the Planters of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in America, who arrived there in ca. 1626. Scientist Margaret Bastock died in the village in 1982, aged 62.
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Address: Charminster, West Dorset, United Kingdom
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