Tollard Royal is a small village on Cranborne Chase, seven miles south-east Shaftesbury, in southernmost Wiltshire, UK. The 'Royal' of the name refers to the royal hunting lodge that was used for hunting on the Chase. Nearby is the Saint Peter ad Vincula church dating from the medieval period. There is an ancient Quaker burial ground and private preparatory Sandroyd School, near the village.
Famous sons include General Pitt-Rivers, the founder of modern archaeology, who lived in the village and undertook many improvements there at his own expense, and created the nearby Larmer Tree Gardens. Cecil Beaton rented Ashcombe House between 1930 and 1945.
Film maker Guy Richie lives with his son in the nearby 1,132-acre (4.58 km2) Ashcombe House Estate, which he and his estranged wife, Madonna Ciccone, purchased in 2002 for £9-million. The estate includes the six-bedroom Grade II listed Georgian house. The Ashcombe estate is still run as a working farm estate.
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Coordinates: 50°57′N 2°05′W / 50.95°N 2.083°W
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