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Village in Dorset, England

Buckland Newton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated beneath the scarp slope of the Dorset Downs, south of Sherborne. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 622. Approximately three quarters of the parish lies within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The name 'Buckland' derives from bōc land, Old English for 'charter land' or land with special privileges created by royal diploma, while 'Newton' is a more recent addition taken from Sturminster Newton, a nearby town. Evidence for prehistoric settlement comes from Bronze Age barrows at Gales Hill and the Iron Age hill fort of Dungeon Hill. The parish originally had five settlements, each with their own open field system: Buckland Newton, Brockhampton, Duntish, Henley (perhaps previously known as Knoll) and Minterne Parva, the last now part of Minterne Magna parish. Farms based on small mediaeval enclosures include Chaston Farm, Revels Farm, and possibly Bookham. The church has six bells, the oldest having been cast around 1380. Duntish Court, sited about north of the main village, was a compact, classical country house built in 1764 beside the main Weymouth to Bath turnpike road. Designed by Sir William Chambers for Fitzwalter Foy, the Court — originally named Castle Hill — had notable plasterwork, grounds of and played a role in the arrest of agricultural labourers in Dorset's 'Captain Swing' riots of 1830. It was demolished in 1965.

Prominent nearby hills at the top of the escarpment to the southeast include the 249.94 m Ball Hill and the 262.13 m Lyscombe Hill near the Dorsetshire Gap. The southern part of the parish is mainly chalk with an elevation ranging from The northern lies between above sea level and is mainly clay with Gault and Corallian Limestone beds.