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Ripening apples in Iwerne Minster.

Goose Corner and May Cottage, in Watery Lane, are a pair of brick built cottages with thatched roof, probably early 19th century. There is a modern extension on the right. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1110202 Iwerne Minster is a small village on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, about 5 miles south of Shaftesbury and the same distance north of Blandford Forum. The village is within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Down Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is evidence of occupation since prehistoric times. The River Iwerne flows from a spring in the middle of the village. The original Minister is now St Mary's Church and was built by the Normans on the site of an earlier church.

Iwerne is an ancient British (Celtic) river-name, first recorded as Iwern broc in the mid-10th century but much older than that, probably meaning 'yew-tree stream'. Iwerne Minster is recorded as Evneminstre in the Domesday Book of 1086, but its first appearance is in a Saxon charter dated 871 where it is simply ywern or hywerna. The affix is Old English mynster '(church of) a monastery' with reference to the early possession of this estate by Shaftesbury Abbey.

Sunnyside House and attached shop, The Chalk, were originally three cottages. Late 17th or early 18th century built in brick and greatly remodelled in the early 20th century. The former shop projects as a single-storey wing to the front left. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1324617 Iwerne Minster is a small village on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, about 5 miles south of Shaftesbury and the same distance north of Blandford Forum. The village is within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Down Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is evidence of occupation since prehistoric times. The River Iwerne flows from a spring in the middle of the village. The original Minister is now St Mary's Church and was built by the Normans on the site of an earlier church.

Now known as Brookman' Old Farm, is this former farmhouse in Watery Lane. Built in the 17th century with rubble walls and a thatched roof. There are later extensions to the rear, seen here. Listed, grade II, with https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1324642 Iwerne Minster is a small village on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, about 5 miles south of Shaftesbury and the same distance north of Blandford Forum. The village is within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Down Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is evidence of occupation since prehistoric times. The River Iwerne flows from a spring in the middle of the village. The original Minister is now St Mary's Church and was built by the Normans on the site of an earlier church.

This is a small green with one tree close to the centre of the village.This part of the village is known as The Chalk.

Sunnyside Cottage, The Chalk, is late 18th or early 19th century. Built in rubble stone with a red brick front. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1305241 Iwerne Minster is a small village on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, about 5 miles south of Shaftesbury and the same distance north of Blandford Forum. The village is within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Down Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is evidence of occupation since prehistoric times. The River Iwerne flows from a spring in the middle of the village. The original Minister is now St Mary's Church and was built by the Normans on the site of an earlier church.

The village sign in metal on a wooden post is located in The Chalk. Iwerne Minster is a small village on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, about 5 miles south of Shaftesbury and the same distance north of Blandford Forum. The village is within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Down Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is evidence of occupation since prehistoric times. The River Iwerne flows from a spring in the middle of the village. The original Minister is now St Mary's Church and was built by the Normans on the site of an earlier church.

Attached to the shelter are the signs recording the dates when the village won the "Best Kept" village competition.

The phone box stands outside what looks as if it may well have once been a watermill, with the stream running through the grounds.