Owermoigne

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Dorset, England}}

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

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Owermoigne

| country= England

| region= South West England

| static_image_name= Owermoigne, parish church of St. Michael - geograph.org.uk - 519567.jpg

| static_image_caption= Parish church of St Michael

| population= 467

| population_ref= {{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127360&c=Owermoigne&d=16&e=62&g=6418528&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1385586020454&enc=1|title=Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Owermoigne (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=27 November 2013}}

| os_grid_reference= SY768853

| coordinates = {{coord|50.6669|-2.3289|display=inline,title}}

| post_town= Dorchester

| postcode_area= DT

| postcode_district= DT2

| dial_code=

| constituency_westminster= South Dorset

| unitary_england= Dorset

| lieutenancy_england= Dorset

}}

Owermoigne ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|oʊ|.|ər|ˈ|m|ɔɪ|n}} {{respell|OH|ər|MOYN}}) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated {{convert|6|mi|km}} south-east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 467. The parish is within an electoral ward with the same name, which stretches from the east side of the small coastal village of Ringstead north towards Owermoigne and then up to, but not including, Crossways. To the east it covers White Nothe, Holworth and Galton. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 3,804.{{cite web | url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/owermoigne-e05003762#sthash.4hjneasq.dpbs |title=Ward population 2011 | website=ukcensusdata.com |access-date=26 February 2015}}

The parish was formerly part of the hundred of Winfrith, and subsequently constituted a liberty by itself.

Owermoigne village is described as Nether Moynton in the fictional Wessex of Thomas Hardy's novels{{cite book|title=Dorset Coast| first=Reginald J. W. | last=Hammond | publisher=Ward Lock Ltd | page=83| year=1979 | isbn=0 7063 5494 X | edition=4th }} and his short story The Distracted Preacher in Wessex Tales takes place in the village.

At Holworth is a small wooden church dedicated to St Catherine-by-the-Sea above Burning Cliff.