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The parish is divided east-west by the busy A303 road serving the South-West.
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The Camelot Group of Parishes
Having evolved for a number of years, the Camelot Group of Parishes was legally established in 1976 and was the first team of this sort in the county of Somerset.
The parishes of Blackford, Compton Pauncefoot, Holton, Maperton, North Cadbury (including the villages of Galhampton and Woolston), North Cheriton, South Cadbury and Yarlington, in the Diocese of Bath and Wells, are served by a ministry team consisting of the Vicar, lay Readers, retired and non-stipediary clergy.
The eight parishes work closely together in several ways. There are Group Services, a Group Choir and a combined monthly magazine named the "Excalibur" (after the Arthurian legends associated with Cadbury Castle) and a Group Council concerned with joint activities and long-term planning.
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| Elliscombe House |
| at the Clapton end of the parish, to the north of the A303, is a fine country house built at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is now used as a private nursing home. |
| Mulberry House |
| This was the old rectory and a wing dates back to the seventeenth century. The front of the house was rebuilt in 1801. |
| The Old School |
| was built at Dancing Cross to the north of the village on the old A303 in 1871. It served as a school for the village until 1920 when it was closed and sold for use as a private residence. |
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The Copse on the road from Maperton towards Holton and North Cheriton is an area rich in bird and animal life. It also has some interesting legends associated with it.
William the Conqueror's Domesday Book records that the manor of Maperton was originally part of the extensive demesnes of Turstin Fitz Rolph and held by one of his tenants. After the Norman Conquest of 1066, Maperton became the chief manor of the large family estate of the Newmarch family and passed to the de Moeles family in the thirteenth century (a William de Moeles being the first recorded rector of the parish).
Traces of a castle and medieval village from this period can be seen in outlying fields.
in 1800, after many changes, the manor and estate were sold to Thomas Southwood and the advowson to Wadham College, Oxford.
Maperton once possessed two inns, The Three Swans at Dancing Cross and The Cock nearby at what is now Brickyard Farm.
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Sandford Orcas, Vale Of Blackmore, Dorset,
England
The ancient manor house, open to the public
during the summer months, is reputed to be haunted | 7 km SW | | Sherborne Old Castle
Dorset, England
The castle, built by a medieaval Bishop of Sherborne became the home of
Sir Walter Raleigh | 9.4 km SW | | Sherborne New Castle
Dorset, England
The
new castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh when he found the Old Castle not
to his liking | 9.9 km SW | | Sherborne Abbey
Dorset, England
The abbey church was a cathedral church for many centuries after King
Ine of Wessex established a see here and made his kinsman St Aldhelm the first
bishop | 10.2 km SW | | Alfreds Tower
Wiltshire, England | 11.4 km NE | | Cornford Bridge
nr. Holwell, Dorset, England
A scheduled National Monument, the bridge consists of three Gothic
arches | 14.3 km SE | | Boyles School
High Street, Yestminster, Vale Of Blackmore, Dorset, England
The 17th century scientist Robert Boyle who lived
nearby at Stalbridge endowed the school to teach twenty poor boys of Chetnowle,
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Dorchester, Dorset DT2 8QJ
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Dorset, England
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West Woodlands, Somerset BA11 5EQ | | 20.9 km NW | | Bramble Hill Camping Park
Bramble Hill House, Bramble Hill, Walton, Somerset BA16 9RQ | | 23.7 km NE | | | | | Hotels | 
The Grange Hotel Oborne, Dorset DT9 4LA | | 7.8 km SE | | Antelope Hotel
Greenhill, Dorset DT9 4EP | | 9.9 km SE | | Eastbury Hotel
Long St, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3BY | | 10.1 km SE | | Cross Keys Hotel
88 Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3BJ | | 10.2 km SE | | The Half Moon Inn
Half Moon St, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3LN | | 10.3 km SE | | Britannia Inn
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Horsecastles Lane, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 6BB | | 10.6 km SE | | Stock Hill House Hotel
Stock Hill, Wyke, Dorset SP8 5NR | | 11.7 km NW | | The Ship Inn
West Stour, Dorset SP8 5RP | | 11.7 km SW | | | | | Police Stations | | Mere Police Station
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on Horethorne, Dorset DT9 4NL | | 3.1 km SE | | The Harvester Inn
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