Lytchett Matravers
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| Population | 3,424 (parish, 2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SY946952 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Poole |
| Postcode district | BH16 |
| Dialling code | 01202 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
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| Website | Lytchett Matravers Parish Council |
Lytchett Matravers /ˈlɪtʃᵻt məˈtrævərz/ is a village and civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. The 2011 census recorded the parish as having 1,439 households and a population of 3,424.
The name comes from the Brittonic litchet meaning "grey wood" and the Norman surname "Maltravers". Until the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 a Danish lord called Tholf held the manor of Lytchett. After the conquest William I granted the manor to Hugh Maltravers, who was still the feudal overlord when the Domesday Book of 1086 recorded Lytchett Matravers as part of Cogdean Hundred in 1086.
The Maltravers family held the village for about 300 years, until the Black Death reduced the population in the second half of the 14th century. The surviving villagers deserted the original village, sited around the church and manor house, and resettled further up the hill.
The remaining female heir to the title 'in abeyance', Eleanor Maltravers, inherited the title on the death of her sister, Joan, in or after 1376. She married John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel on 17 February 1359.
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