Dibden Purlieu (pronounced /ˌdɪbdɛn ˈpɝːluː/) is a small village situated on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, UK and is twinned with Mauves-sur-Loire, France. Purlieu is a Norman-French word meaning "the outskirts of a forest" – a place free from forest laws. Dibden Purlieu is in the parish of Dibden, referred to in the Domesday Book as Deepdene, "dene" being an Anglo-Saxon word for valley. The village nearly merges with the nearby town of Hythe.
The approximate population, as of 2006, is 3,500. As of 2009 the population is believed to have expanded to around 4000.
Dibden Purlieu is amongst the richest wards in the UK. (According to the Indices of Deprivation 2000 it is 247th richest out of 8414.)
Dibden Purlieu has long been proud to be associated with several distinguished people, one of whom, Richard Eurich RA OBE, was the war artist to the Admiralty from 1941. The village was also home to Ron Lane, a wood sculptor of wildlife, known not just in Hampshire but throughout the United Kingdom.
Dibden Purlieu has frequently been referred to as the village but it is an ever-expanding area containing a busy shopping complex and two large secondary schools; Noadswood School and Applemore Technology College. The regular Blue Star bus service provides Purlieu's quickest link with the city of Southampton.
Coordinates: 50°52′N 1°25′W / 50.86°N 1.42°W
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