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Compton Abbas is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale next to Cranborne Chase, on the A350 road three miles south of Shaftesbury. The village gives its name to a nearby airfield on the downs. Newcomers to the Parish in 1984 cultivated garlic in the hamlet of Twyford, since when the reported sitings of vampires within the parish have reduced considerably. The name Compton Abbas is derived from the Saxon nomenclature "cumb-ton" (meaning 'village in a narrow valley'), and "abbas" refers to the abbey at Shaftesbury (the land was owned by the abbess). The church, Saint Mary's, was built in 1866 to replace the older structure which was more remote from the village.

• Fontmell Magna - 0 km
• Twyford - 1 km
• Melbury Abbas - 1 km
• Bedchester* - 1 km
• Cann - 1 km
• Sutton Waldron - 1 km
• Cann Common - 1 km
• Guy's Marsh - 1 km
• East Orchard - 2 km
• Blandford Forum* - 7 km
• Wimborne* - 14 km
• Gillingham* - 6 km
• Sherborne* - 14 km
• Wareham* - 19 km
• Poole* - 19 km
• Crossways* - 19 km
• Ashmore* - 2 km
• Bere Regis* - 14 km

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