West Milton, Dorset

West Milton
West Milton viewed from the north
West Milton West Milton shown within Dorset
OS grid reference	SY501963
District	West 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
UK Parliament	West Dorset
List of places UK England Dorset

Coordinates: 50°45′51″N 2°42′28″W / 50.7642°N 2.7079°W / 50.7642; -2.7079

West Milton is a village in the county of Dorset in South West England, situated in the West Dorset administrative district approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Bridport.

The writer and broadcaster Kenneth Allsop lived in the old water mill in West Milton until his death in 1973. Here he wrote In the Country, a collection of essays mostly about the surrounding Dorset countryside.^[1]

References

↑ Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.

External links

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Towns, villages and hamlets in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England

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