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| static_image_caption = Entrance sign to Duntish
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| official_name = Duntish
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| civil_parish = [[Buckland Newton]]
| unitary_england = [[Dorset (district)|Dorset]]
| lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]]
| region = South West England
| constituency_westminster = [[North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|North Dorset]]
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| static_image_2 = Duntish village - geograph.org.uk - 3419168.jpg
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'''Duntish''' is a village in the [[civil parish]] of [[Buckland Newton]], in [[Dorset]], England, in the [[Blackmore Vale]] region.
== History ==
In the 19th century Duntish was a [[tithing]] in Buckland Newton parish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Duntish, Dorset |url=https://ukga.org/index.php?pageid=16521 |website=The Genealogy Archives}}</ref> In 1830, Duntish was at the centre of the [[Swing Riots|Swing’ riots]] in [[Dorset]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=‘Leave not a rack behind’ {{!}} Dorset Life - The Dorset Magazine |url=http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2008/05/leave-not-a-rack-behind/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Duntish Court was a country house demolished in 1965.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gardens (en) |first=Parks and |date=1759-12-31 |title=Duntish Court - Buckland Newton |url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/duntish-court |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Parks & Gardens |language=en}}</ref> Roman relics were discovered on site.<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol3/pp48-54 "Buckland Newton", in ''An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset'', Volume 3, Central (London, 1970), pp. 48-54.] British History Online. Retrieved 30 September 2019.</ref>
The village has a small church dating from the 13th century, St. Mary's, which is a [[Grade II listed building]].{{cn|date=November 2024}}
== Politics ==
For [[Uk general election|UK general elections]], Duntish is part of the [[North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|North Dorset constituency]].
Locally, Duntish is part of the [[Chalk Valleys (ward)|Chalk Valleys ward]] for elections to [[Dorset Council (UK)|Dorset Council]]. From 1974 to 2019 it was in [[West Dorset]] district.
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