Okeford Fitzpaine

Okeford Fitzpaine
Looking towards the parish church
Okeford Fitzpaine
Okeford Fitzpaine shown within Dorset
Population	913
OS grid reference	ST806110
District	North Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
List of places UK England Dorset 50°53′53″N 2°16′36″W / 50.8981°N 2.2768°W / 50.8981; -2.2768Coordinates: 50°53′53″N 2°16′36″W / 50.8981°N 2.2768°W / 50.8981; -2.2768

Okeford Fitzpaine /ˈoʊkfərd fɪtsˈpeɪn/ is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the town of Sturminster Newton in the North Dorset administrative district. It is sited on a thin strip of greensand under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs. In the 2011 census the civil parish—which includes the hamlet of Belchalwell to the west and most of Fiddleford to the north—had 404 dwellings, 380 households and a population of 913.

Prehistoric remains within the parish include three cross dykes and five round barrows on the chalk hills south of the village, and an iron age hill fort on Banbury Hill, towards Sturminster Newton. Banbury covers about 3 acres (1.2 ha) and is of univallate (single rampart) construction, though its defences have been reduced by cultivation.

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