Piddletrenthide is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Piddle valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, eight miles north of Dorchester. The village has a population of 691 (2001). Many people consider the place name to be inherently funny, and it has become something of a running joke in parts of the British media (for example: TV Times 25 April-1 May 1970, a lengthy correspondence in The Times in 1974, The Times again, 27 March 1999, The Sunday Times, 22 December 2002 and 25 September 2005, and The Guardian, 8 May 2004). Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... The River Piddle or Trent or North River is a small rural Dorset river which rises next to Alton Pancras church (Alton Pancras was originally named Awultune, a Saxon name meaning the village at the source of a river) and flows south and then south-easterly more or less parallel... The Dorset Downs shown within Dorset The Dorset Downs are an area of Chalk downland in the centre of the county Dorset in south west England. ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... The main road through Dorchester Dorchester is a market town in south west Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome and A35 road 20 miles west of Poole and five miles north of Weymouth. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... The TV Times is a television listings magazine published in the United Kingdom. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX in Roman) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Over the west door of the church-tower is the Latin inscription Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

• "Est pydeltrenth villa in dorsedie comitatu Nascitur in illa quam rexit Vicariatu 1487"

This is the first known use of Arabic numerals in England. It is remarkable that Arabic numerals were used in such a remote village when the use of Roman numerals continued for another century elsewhere in England. Arabic numerals (or Hindu-Arabic numerals) are the most common set of symbols used to represent numbers around the world. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... The system of Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, and was adapted from Etruscan numerals. ...

Grid reference ST703003 The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...

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