Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Bagber, former Methodist chapel - geograph.org.uk - 1436050.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Former Methodist chapel, Bagber |
Coordinates: | 50.9221°N -2.3514°W |
Official Name: | Bagber |
Civil Parish: | Sturminster Newton |
Unitary England: | Dorset |
Region: | South West England |
Constituency Westminster: | North Dorset |
Post Town: | Sturminster Newton |
Postcode District: | DT10 |
Postcode Area: | DT |
Os Grid Reference: | ST7513 |
Bagber is a hamlet in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated about 2miles west and northwest of Sturminster Newton in the Dorset unitary authority. It consists of Bagber, Lower Bagber and Bagber Common, which all lie within Sturminster Newton civil parish. Chapel Row consists of around 10 houses in total, 6 of them being within 300 metres of the main A357. These six date back to the 19th century with the chapel now being now no. 6.
The poet William Barnes was born in Bagber in 1801.