Bagber

Bagber

Former Methodist chapel, Bagber
Bagber
 Bagber shown within Dorset
OS grid referenceST7513
DistrictNorth Dorset
Shire countyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police Dorset
Fire Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
List of places
UK
England
Dorset

Coordinates: 50°55′20″N 2°21′05″W / 50.9221°N 2.3514°W / 50.9221; -2.3514

Bagber is a hamlet in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated about 2 miles (3.2 km) west and northwest of Sturminster Newton in the North Dorset administrative district. It consists of Bagber, Lower Bagber and Bagber Common, which all lie within Sturminster Newton civil parish. Chapel Row consists of around 10 houses in total, 6 of them being within 300 metres of the main A357. These six date back to the 19th century with the chapel now being now no. 6.

The poet William Barnes was born in Bagber in 1801.

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