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{{Infobox UK place <br />
|type = [[Village]] and [[civil parish]]<br />
|country = England<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|50.7973|-2.0747|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
|official_name= Sturminster Marshall<br />
|static_image_name = St Mary's Church, Sturminster Marshall.jpg<br />
|static_image_caption = St Mary's Church<br />
|map_type = Dorset<br />
|label_position = left<br />
| population = 1,969<br />
| population_ref = (2011)<br />
| unitary_england= [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]]<br />
| lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]]<br />
|region= South West England<br />
|constituency_westminster= [[North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|North Dorset]]<br />
|post_town= WIMBORNE<br />
|postcode_district = BH21<br />
|postcode_area= BH <br />
|dial_code= 01258<br />
|os_grid_reference= SY946998<br />
}}<br />
'''Sturminster Marshall''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the east of [[Dorset]] in England, situated on the [[River Stour, Dorset|River Stour]] between [[Blandford Forum]] and [[Poole]]. The parish had a [[population]] of 1,895 at the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=793932&c=Sturminster+Marshall&d=16&e=15&g=438444&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1214263264674&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 | title=2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Sturminster Marshall CP (Parish) | publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] | accessdate=2008-06-23 }}</ref> increasing to 1,969 at the 2011 Census and includes the village of [[Almer]] ({{coord|50.78|N|2.12|W}}) west of Sturminster Marshall, near [[Winterborne Zelston]] and the hamlet of [[Henbury, Dorset|Henbury]] to the south-east of the village. The village is twinned with the French commune of [[Sainte-Mère-Église]] in [[Normandy]]. The appropriate [[electoral ward]] is called 'Stour'. From ''Sturminster Marshall'' the ward goes east to Pamphill, with a total population of 2,582.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/stour-e05003688#sthash.QzTV0XE1.dpbs|title=Stour Ward 2011|accessdate= 1 March 2015}}</ref><br />
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[[King Alfred the Great]], in his will of 899, a copy of which can be seen at the [[British Library]], left the village to his youngest son [[Æthelweard (son of Alfred)|Æthelweard]] (c.880-922).<br />
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Sturminster Marshall has a 13th-century church, St Mary's. Its predecessor contributed to the village's name; 'Sturminster' meaning "church on the River Stour". The second part of the name came from [[William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke|William Marshal]].<ref>[https://www.bridgebeneficedorset.org/st-marys ''Welcome to the Bridge Benefice''] at bridgebeneficedorset.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.</ref> Until 1857, [[St. Hubert's Church, Corfe Mullen|St. Hubert's Church in Corfe Mullen]] acted as a [[chapel of ease]] to Sturminster Marshall.<ref>[http://www.parishofcorfemullen.church/st-huberts-history ''St Huberts History''] at parishofcorfemullen.com. Retrieved 4 March 2021.</ref> St. Mary's pre-Reformation chalice, dating to 1536, has survived although the stem has been replaced.<ref name=inventory283>{{cite book |date=1970 |title=An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 2, South east |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol2/pp283-290 |location= |publisher=Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England |pages=283-290}}</ref> It is on loan to [[Dorset Museum]] in [[Dorchester, Dorset]].<ref>{{Cite sign |title=The Sturminster Marshall chalice |year=2023 |type=Museum label |publisher=Dorset Museum|location=Dorset Museum first floor}}</ref><br />
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==Village amenities==<br />
Sturminster Marshall has a playing field with a children's playground in one corner. Nearby is the Memorial Hall which offers a meeting-space for many village societies. There is also an old school hall which is also used as a meeting-space.<br />
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There are many walks around the village including the [[Stour Valley Way]], which follows the Stour right from the source to the sea.<br />
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The village has two pubs: the Red Lion within the village and the Golden Fox on the outskirts.<br />
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The village has a cricket club with a side in Dorset division 3. There is also a football club with a senior side and several junior teams.<br />
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==Landmarks==<br />
===Church of St Mary the Virgin===<br />
The earliest parts of the [[Church of England parish church]] date from the 12th century, with 13th, 14th and 15th century additions. The three-stage west tower was rebuilt in 1805 and the whole building was [[Victorian restoration|heavily restored]] in 1859.<ref name="NHLE">{{NHLE |num=1154649|desc=Church of St Mary the Virgin|accessdate=5 August 2024}}</ref> The monuments and brasses inside the church are mainly 19th century, but there is a 17th-century funeral helm and a 14th-century coffin slab with a Latin inscription: ''Quisquis ades qui morte cades, sta, perlege, plora. Sum quod eris, fueram quod es. Pro me precor, ora''.{{efn|Perhaps translated as: "Anyone present, who will fall to death, stand, read, weep. I am what you will be, I had been what you are. Pray for me, I pray."}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Newman |first1=John |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner |date=2018 |title=Dorset |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmkxchFL57EC&pg=PA406 |publisher=Yale University Press |page=406 |isbn=978-0300224788 }}</ref> It is a Grade II* [[listed building]].<ref name="NHLE"/><br />
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===White Mill Bridge===<br />
Crossing the [[River Stour, Dorset|River Stour]] to the east of the village is a 16th-century stone bridge of eight arches. The later [[parapet]] overhangs the bridge sides on [[corbel]]s. An early 19th-century iron plaque threatens anyone damaging the bridge with [[penal transportation]]. It is a Grade I listed building.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1120035|desc=White Mill Bridge |accessdate=5 August 2024}}</ref><br />
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File:Inside St Mary, Sturminster Marshall (II) - geograph.org.uk - 2962424.jpg|Interior of St Mary's Church, looking east<br />
File:14th century coffin lid, Sturminster Marshall.jpg|14th-century coffin lid in the south porch of the church<br />
File:White Mill bridge at Sturminster Marshall - geograph.org.uk - 2890892.jpg|The 16th-century White Mill Bridge crossing the River Stour<br />
File:Warning notice on White Mill Bridge, Sturminster Marshal - Transportation for Life Penalty.jpg|Old iron warning sign on the bridge parapet<br />
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*[https://archive.today/20060511201431/http://www1.dorsetcc.gov.uk/LIVING/FACTS/Census2001.nsf/6cadf4da179fc19500256663004afece/f652036a291a5cb080256ec500353af0?OpenDocument 2001 Census data]<br />
*[http://www.smyfc.co.uk/ SMYFC]<br />
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