East Creech is a hamlet in the parish of Church Knowle in the county of Dorset, England.

East Creech
East Creech Farm
East Creech Location within Dorset
OS grid reference	SY9282
District	Purbeck
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WAREHAM
Postcode district	BH20
Dialling code	01929
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	South Dorset
List of places UK England Dorset 50.6426°N 2.1030°W / 50.6426; -2.1030

East Creech lies at the northern foot of the Purbeck Hills about 3 kilometres west of Corfe Castle. It is located at Ordnance Survey grid reference SY9282.[1] It also lies within the East Creech Conservation Area which was first designated in 1990.[2]

In 1224, East Creech Manor was in the possession of Walter Le Franke. It passed down through his family to Mary Franke, who in 1637 married Edmund Hayter (d.1657) and the manor was transferred to him. It remained in the Hayter family until 1770, when Samuel Hayter (1736-1800) sold up and moved to Wareham Priory.

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