Almer

{{Short description|Village in Dorset, England}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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|static_image_caption = Parish church of St Mary

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|official_name = Almer

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|civil_parish=Sturminster Marshall

|unitary_england= Dorset

|lieutenancy_england= Dorset

|region= South West England

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Almer is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sturminster Marshall, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 195 Bournemouth & Purbeck (Wimborne Minster & Ringwood)|ISBN= 9780319231418 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html|title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer|format=csv (download)|date= 1 January 2016|website=Ordnancesurvey.co.uk|access-date=30 January 2016}} Almer is located on the A31 road near Winterborne Zelston, Huish Manor, Sturminster Marshall and opposite the Drax estate. The main features of the village are Almer Manor, Almer Parish church and the old school house. The school was co-educational; it opened in 1925 and closed in 1964. The Almer School Honours tablet is now kept in Winterborne Zelston village hall. The seven residential properties in Almer are owned and let by the Charborough (Drax) Estate. In 1931 the parish had a population of 108.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10447628/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Almer CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=9 August 2023}} On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Sturminster Marshall.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10447628|title=Relationships and changes Almer CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=9 August 2023}}

Almer Parish Church is dedicated to St Mary and is Grade 1 Listed.{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1154550|title=CHURCH OF ST MARY, Sturminster Marshall - 1154550 | Historic England|website=Historicengland.org.uk|access-date=20 December 2021}}