Ashmore
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{{Otheruses1|the village in Dorset}}
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'''Ashmore''' is a small [[village]] in the [[North Dorset]] district of [[Dorset]], [[England]]; situated 20 miles south-west of [[Salisbury]]. The local travel links are located 7 miles from the village to [[Tisbury railway station]] and 18 miles to [[Bournemouth International Airport]]. The main road running through the village is North Road. The village has a population of 162 according to the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]].
It is situated on [[Cranborne Chase]] five [[mile]]s south east of [[Shaftesbury]]. The village consists of a [[church]] and 83 old stone cottages and farms, many with [[thatch]]ed roofs. The village is situated on [[Chalk]] rock which is permeable and therefore dry, and the village is built around a [[clay]] lined [[dew pond]] which provided water before pipes were installed. At over 700 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]] above sea level the village is the highest in Dorset.
The village is situated on the [[Roman road]] from [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] to [[Badbury Rings]], and the pond may have been significant in [[Roman Britain|Roman]] times. It is probable that there was a settlement at Ashmore in Roman times, though the village name is [[Old English language|Saxon]] and there is little Roman [[archaeology]] in the village.
== References ==
* Pitt-Rivers, Michael, 1968. ''Dorset''. London: Faber & Faber.
* Taylor, Christopher, 1970. ''The Making of the Dorset Landscape''. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
== External links ==
* [http://www1.dorsetcc.gov.uk/LIVING/FACTS/Census2001.nsf/6cadf4da179fc19500256663004afece/a2ae445598c08e2480256ec500378f0a?OpenDocument Census data]
* [http://www.thedorsetpage.com/locations/Place/A130.htm The Dorset Page: Ashmore]
[[Category:Villages in Dorset]]
[[no:Ashmore]]