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Merley
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<p>Merley is a large housing estate in <a href="/facts/Poole/8V4odg8f">Poole</a>, a mile (2 km) south of <a href="/facts/Wimborne_Minster/vvKDScIH">Wimborne Minster</a>. Originally called Myrle, Merley was a manor in the tithing of Great Canford (or <a href="/facts/Canford_Magna/0XxDkzSd">Canford Magna</a>). The village merges with that of <a href="/facts/Oakley%2c_Dorset/amUlbQg5">Oakley</a>, and the housing estate was originally going to be called "Oakley Garden Village", note Oakley Shops and other signposts around the community but the name was changed. The housing estate only covers part of the area that was originally called Merley/Myrle. The <a href="/facts/Poole/8V4odg8f">Poole</a> ward is Merley and Bearwood. The population of this ward taken at the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom_Census_2011/0DyzduMs">2011 census</a> was 10,392. </p>