Sutton Waldron

Sutton Waldron is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the A350 road between Iwerne Minster and Fontmell Magna, in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 8 miles (13 kilometres) north of Blandford Forum and 5 miles (8 kilometres) south of Shaftesbury. In the 2011 census the parish had 93 dwellings,^[1] 87 households and a population of 200.^[2]

Sutton Waldron
Sutton Waldron
Sutton Waldron Location within Dorset
Population	200
OS grid reference	ST862158
Civil parish	Sutton Waldron
Unitary authority	Dorset
Ceremonial county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BLANDFORD FORUM
Postcode district	DT11
Dialling code	01747
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Dorset
List of places UK England Dorset 50.9425°N 2.1989°W / 50.9425; -2.1989

Not to be confused with Saffron Walden.

The parish covers about 1,300 acres (530 hectares) in a strip of land that, from west to east, is composed of Kimmeridge clay, Lower Greensand, Gault Clay, Upper Greensand and chalk.^[3]

In 1086 in the Domesday Book, Sutton Waldron was recorded as Sudtone;^[4] it had 24 households, one mill, six ploughlands, 6 acres (2.4 hectares) of meadow and 40 acres (16 hectares) of woodland. It was in the hundred of Gillingham and the lord and tenant-in-chief was Waleran the hunter.^[5]

The parish church dates from 1847 and is constructed in the Decorated Gothic style.^[6]