Puddletown houses [12]
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Puddletown houses [12]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 11 Dec 2020
Tudor Cottage 14 Mill Street is dated 1573. Constructed with walls of stone and flint bands with a thatched roof. There is a 20th century extension at the rear. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1303778 The village of Puddletown, earlier known as Piddletown is located alongside the River Piddle some 4½ miles north east of Dorchester and is now essentially a commuter village. There is evidence of occupation from prehistoric times in the form of some 30 round barrows. The use of watermeadows in Dorset was first developed in Puddletown in the 17th century. The village was the inspiration for the fictional settlement of Weatherbury in the novel Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.
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