Morcombelake
- West Dorset
- Dorset
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- West Dorset
Morcombelake (also spelled Morecombelake) is a small village near Bridport in Dorset, England, within the ancient parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum. Golden Cap, part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, is nearby.[1]
It has a small stone church, St. Gabriel, built 1840-1841, which contains some re-used components salvaged from an earlier chapel nearby that had the same same.
The village was at one time the location of a bakery that made "Moores Famous Dorset Biscuits" a Dorset Knob, since 1880 although manufacturing moved in 2007 to nearby Bridport. The bakery buildings remain although currently disused.
The busy A35 road runs through the small hamlet.
Politics
In the UK national parliament, Morcombelake is within the West Dorset parliamentary constituency. As of 2021, the Member of Parliament (MP) is Chris Loder of the Conservative Party.
After 2019 structural changes to local government in England, Morcombelake is part of the Marshwood Vale ward which elects 1 member to Dorset Council.[2]
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External links
- Parish Church of St Gabriel
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