'Woolland' is a village in north
Dorset,
England, situated in the
Blackmore Vale under
Bulbarrow Hill seven
miles west of
Blandford Forum. The village has a
population of 76 (
2001). The village is first mentioned in
Cartularium saxonicum from the year 939 ''Wonlond'', the
Domesday Book from the year
1086 ''Winlande'' and the
Pipe Rolls from the year 1170 ''Wunlanda''. The name is interpreted as Old English wynn-land ''meadow land'' or ''pasture land''.
The sculptor
Elisabeth Frink had a studio in the village during the 1970s.
External links
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Census data
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Frink statue of Christian Martyrs
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