Todber

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Todber is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale, about Template:Convert southwest of Shaftesbury. The underlying geology is Corallian limestone.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In the 2011 census the parish had 55 households and a population of 140.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1086 Todber was recorded in the Domesday Book as Todeberie;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> it was in the hundred of Gillingham, the lord was Geoffrey Mallory and the tenant-in-chief was William of Mohun. It had one mill, Template:Convert of meadow and 2 ploughlands.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Todber parish church was rebuilt in the Early English and Perpendicular styles in 1879, though the tower is of earlier construction.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Todber is one of four parishes — the others being East Stour, Stour Provost and West Stour — under the governance of The Stours Parish Council.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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