Semley | |
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Semley Church | |
Location within Wiltshire | |
OS grid reference | ST8926 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Shaftesbury |
Postcode district | SP7 |
Dialling code | 01747 |
Police | Wiltshire |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Semley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sedgehill and Semley, in Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Shaftesbury in neighbouring Dorset. The hamlet of Sem Hill lies about a quarter of a mile west of the village. In 1961 the parish had a population of 477.[1]
The River Sem, from which the village takes its name,[2] forms part of the northern boundary of the parish.