Askerwell, Dorset - Askers Road House - art postcard c.1950s

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• Picture / Image:  General view, Askers Road House, Dorset [Askerwell, near  Dorchester, Dorset]
• Publisher: Road Houses Ltd.
• Postally used: no
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• Notes / condition:  This was a famous stop in the 1930 and 1980s - with visitors like the Beatles

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Askerswell (/ˈæskərzwəl/) is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It is sited on the small River Asker. It lies within the West Dorset administrative district, 11 miles (18 km) west of the county town Dorchester. The parish has an area of 1,724 acres (2.69 sq mi; 698 ha)^[2] and in the northeast includes the western slopes of Eggardon Hill, including part of the Iron Age hill fort close to its summit.^[3][4] In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 154.

In 1086 in the Domesday Book Askerswell was recorded as Oscherwille;^[6] it had 30 households, was in Eggardon Hundred and the lord and tenant-in-chief was Tavistock Abbey.^[7]

Askerswell parish church has an early 15th-century west tower, but the rest of the building was rebuilt by Talbot Buryin 1858.^[8][5]

There are twenty structures in the parish that are listed by English Heritage for their historic or architectural interest. There are no structures listed as Grade I (the highest rating), but the parish church and South Eggardon Farmhouse are Grade II*.^[9]

Askerswell civil parish extends from the A35 trunk road on Askerswell Down in the south to the Iron Age hillfort on Eggardon Hillin the northeast and Knowle Hill in the northwest. Its altitude is between about 50 metres (160 ft) where the River Asker leaves the parish in the west up to about 250 metres (820 ft) on Eggardon Hill. The surrounding parishes are Loders to the west, Shipton Gorge to the southwest, Chilcombe to the south, Litton Cheney to the southeast and east, West Compton to the northeast and Powerstock to the north.^[16] All of Askerswell parish is within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[1

The local travel links are located 5 miles (8.0 km) from the village to Maiden Newton railway station and 33 miles (53 km) to Exeter International Airport. The main road running through the village is Hembury Road.