Pulham
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Pulham is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, Template:Convert southeast of Sherborne. In the 2011 Census the civil parish had 105 dwellings,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 103 households and a population of 269.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Pulham was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and was once owned by Cirencester Abbey, a connection remembered in the name of Cannings Court Farm (the "Court of the Canons").<ref name=NDDC>North Dorset Official District Guide, North Dorset District Council, Home Publishing Co. Ltd, circa 1983, page 45</ref> Priests from nearby Milton Abbey also used to visit the village church; they resided above the porch in a priests' room, accessed via a staircase within the wall.<ref name=NDDC/>
Notable people
George Saxby Penfold was Rector of Pulham from 1797 to 1832, but after 1815 held other livings as well.<ref>"Penfold, George Saxby", theclergydatabase.org.uk, accessed 21 November 2020</ref>