Gussage All Saints
| Gussage All Saints | |
|---|---|
Gussage All Saints Church | |
Gussage All Saints Location within Dorset | |
| Population | 245 (2021 census) |
| OS grid reference | ST998108 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wimborne |
| Postcode district | BH21 |
| Dialling code | 01258 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Gussage All Saints is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is in the Dorset unitary district of the county, about 8 miles (13 km) north-east of the town of Blandford Forum. It is sited by the side of a small stream in a shallow valley on the lower dip slope of Cranborne Chase. Ackling Dyke, a disused Roman road, crosses the valley to the northwest, and forms the parish boundary at that point.
The village church dates mostly from the early 14th century.[1] The ecclesiastical parish of Gussage All Saints has recently merged with neighbouring Gussage St Michael and joined the Knowlton Circle Benefice which also includes the parishes of Cranborne, Edmondsham, Wimborne St Giles and Woodlands.[2]
To the south of the village lies an Iron Age settlement excavated in 1972 by Dr G. J. Wainwright, of the Department of the Environment. The settlement is formed by an enclosure that is roughly circular in plan and some 3 acres in extent, with a single entrance in the east defined by two pairs of flanking antennae ditches.[3]
Demographics
| Census | Population | Female | Male | Households | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 242 | [4] | |||
| 1931 | 230 | [4] | |||
| 1951 | 214 | [4] | |||
| 1961 | 180 | [4] | |||
| 1971 | 210 | [4] | |||
| 1981 | 210 | [4] | |||
| 1991 | 200 | [4] | |||
| 2001 | 192 | 96 | 96 | 92 | [5] |
| 2011 | 208 | 97 | 111 | 95 | [6] |
| 2021 | 245 | 122 | 123 | 100 | [7] |
References
- ^ Gant, R., Dorset Villages, Hale, 1980, p35
- ^ "Knowlton Circle Benefice". Knowlton Circle Benefice.
- ^ Wainwright, GJ (1973). "The Iron Age settlement of Gussage All Saints" (PDF). Antiquity. 47 (186): 109. ISSN 0003-598X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Past population - Parishes (A-L), 1921-2001- Census Years". Dorset County Council. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Tables KS001 (Usual resident population) and KS016 (Household spaces and accommodation type). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ "Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Table KS101EW (Usual resident population) and Table KS105EW (Household composition). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ "Parish Profiles". 2021 United Kingdom census. Office for National Statistics. GSS E04003369 (Gussage All Saints parish) in tables PP001 (Number of Households) and PP002 (Sex). Retrieved 5 August 2024.
External links
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