Drimpton
Drimpton is a village in the English county of Dorset, situated approximately northwest of Beaminster and southwest of Crewkerne in Somerset. It lies within the civil parish of Broadwindsor.
Drimpton is sited on a small tributary of the River Axe which was unnamed until 2005 when, after a vote by villagers, it was officially named the "Little Axe". Neighbouring settlements include Clapton, Seaborough, Blackdown, Kittwhistle, Broadwindsor, Burstock, Greenham and Netherhay, the latter two being small hamlets virtually contiguous with Drimpton. At Greenham there was once a flax mill, part of which still survives as a factory making pet products. Three books, chronicling life in the area, have recently been compiled; the project was called 'Village Voices'.
The village has two places of worship: the Anglican parish church of St Mary's and the Netherhay Methodist Chapel. St Mary's was built as a chapel of ease to the parish church of St John the Baptist in Broadwindsor and completed in 1867. The Methodist chapel was built in 1838. A school serving up to 100 mixed pupils was opened in 1874 and enlarged in 1886. It is now a private residence, the Old School House.
