consists of a few farms, and at Ranston only the manor house remains. Governance The parish of Iwerne Courtney or Shroton is within the Dorset Council ward of Beacon and the parliamentary constituency of North Dorset. The MP since 2015 is Simon Hoare of the Conservative Party. Geography Iwerne Courtney civil parish covers nearly in an L-shaped area on either side of the River Iwerne. To the east it extends over the chalk hills of Cranborne Chase, reaching an elevation of over . To the west it extends north-west over greensand, gault and Kimmeridge clay at an altitude of about , although in the south-west it rises to over on the slopes of Hambledon Hill, an outlier of the chalk. References External links Villages in Dorset Civil parishes in Dorset