Coordinates: 50°57′15″N 2°34′27″W / 50.9542°N 2.5742°W Nether Compton is a small village in north west Dorset, England, situated three miles west of Sherborne and three miles east of Yeovil.
The village has an estimated population of 300 (As of 2001).
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Nether Compton was burnt in 1066 by William, Duke of Normandy.
The Church of St. Nicholas dates from the 13th century and houses five bells: one from the 15th century, one dated 1585, two dated 1658 and one modern.
Many of the buildings in the village date from when it was improved in the last decades of the 19th Century, Colonel John R P Goodden having inherited Compton House in 1883. Architect Evelyn Hellicar (1862 - 1929) is responsible for a number of the buildings. [1] These include Sherriff's Lodge (1889).
Nether Compton was also the childhood home of BAFTA Award winning actress Kristin Scott Thomas and her younger sister, Serena Scott Thomas, also an actress.
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