Colehill is a parish neighbouring Wimborne Minster, in Dorset, England. It had a population of 7,000 in 2001, which decreased to 6,927 people at the 2011 census. The name Colehill originated in 1431 as Colhulle, becoming Colhill in 1518 and Collehill in 1547, later getting the simplified spelling of Colehill, but the origins of Colehill as a settlement predate this by a lo…Colehill is a parish neighbouring Wimborne Minster, in Dorset, England. It had a population of 7,000 in 2001, which decreased to 6,927 people at the 2011 census. The name Colehill originated in 1431 as Colhulle, becoming Colhill in 1518 and Collehill in 1547, later getting the simplified spelling of Colehill, but the origins of Colehill as a settlement predate this by a long way.
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