Pulham is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, southeast of Sherborne. In the 2011 Census the civil parish had 105 dwellings, 103 households and a population of 269.
Pulham was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and was once owned by Cirencester Abbey, a connection remembered in the name of Cannings Court Farm (the "Court of the Canons").North Dorset Official District Guide, North Dorset District Council, Home Publishing Co. Ltd, circa 1983, page 45 Priests from nearby Milton Abbey also used to visit the village church; they resided above the porch in a priests' room, accessed via a staircase within the wall.
Notable people George Saxby Penfold was Rector of Pulham from 1797 to 1832, but after 1815 held other livings as well."Penfold, George Saxby", theclergydatabase.org.uk, accessed 21 November 2020
See also HMS Pulham, a Ham class minesweeper
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