Burton Bradstock
Coordinates: 50°42′12″N 2°43′36″W / 50.7034°N 2.7268°W
Burton Bradstock is a village and civil parish in West Dorset, England, situated approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of Bridport and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) inland from the English Channel at Chesil Beach. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 948.
Burton Bradstock village lies in the Bride Valley, close to the mouth of the small River Bride. It comprises 16th- and 17th-century thatched cottages, a parish church (dedicated to St Mary the Virgin), two pubs, a primary school, shop, post office stores, beach café, hotel, garage, village hall, reading room and library, and a National Coastwatch Institution Station, called Lyme Bay Station. The church dates largely from the late 14th or early 15th century, though it was significantly restored in 1897.
The name Burton Bradstock derives from 'Brideton' and 'Bradenstock', the latter referring to the Wiltshire abbey which once owned the village. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as 'Bridetone' and had 28.7 households; the lord of the manor was the Abbey of Saint-Wandrille.
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