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Bryanston
Dwellings in Bryanston Village
BryanstonLocation within Dorset
Population	925
OS grid reference	ST871069
District	North Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BLANDFORD FORUM
Postcode district	DT11
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Dorset
List of places UK England Dorset 50°51′30″N 2°10′57″W / 50.8583°N 2.1825°W / 50.8583; -2.1825

Bryanston /ˈbraɪənstən/ is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) west of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 925. The village is adjacent to the grounds of Bryanston School, an independent school.

The village was named after Brian de Lisle, a Baron at the court of King John. The Rogers family owned it for a long period of time, and it was later purchased by Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet, who took part in crushing Monmouth's rebellion in 1685. In the 1890s the Portman family built a large country house, designed by Richard Norman Shaw and set in 400 acres (160 ha). Since 1927 the building has been the home of Bryanston School. In 1950 Viscount Portman gave up the Bryanston Estates as part payment of death duties. The estate was then owned by the crown until 2015 when the estate was purchased by a UK company held on behalf of the Viscount Rothermere and his son the Hon Vere Harmsworth for an initially undisclosed sum, which the Crown Estate confirmed in a Freedom Of Information request to have been £43million.

See also

• Bryanston Square in London

References

1. ^ "Area: Bryanston (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
2. ^ North Dorset District Council (c. 1982). North Dorset District Official Guide. Home Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 31.
3. "The Crown Estate sells Bryanston Estate". Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
4. Shrubsole, Guy. "The ten landowners who own one-sixth of Dorset". Who Owns England?.
5. Shrubsole, Guy (9 February 2020). "THE TEN LANDOWNERS WHO OWN ONE-SIXTH OF DORSET". Who owns England?. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

External links

Media related to Bryanston at Wikimedia Commons

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