Okeford Fitzpaine /ˈoʊkfərd fɪtsˈpeɪn/ is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale three miles (five kilometres) south of the town of Sturminster Newton.

[1] In the 2011 census the civil parish—which includes the village of Belchalwell to the west and most of the hamlet of Fiddleford to the north—had 404 dwellings,[2] 380 households and a population of 913.

Banbury covers about 3 acres (1.2 hectares) and is of univallate (single rampart) construction, though its defences have been reduced by cultivation.

[4] In 1086 in the Domesday Book Okeford Fitzpaine was recorded as Adford;[5] it had 40 households, 16 ploughlands, 21 acres (8.5 hectares) of meadow and one mill.

[8][9] In the United Kingdom national parliament, Okeford Fitzpaine is in the North Dorset parliamentary constituency which is represented by Simon Hoare of the Conservative party.

[13] There is a small but thriving Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School[14] classified in 2015 by OFSTED as "Good".

The school was virtually destroyed by fire during World War II, and many village records were lost.

[4] The Old Rectory has a main block that was probably built in the mid 18th century by the Rev Duke Butler; it has a symmetrical five-bay east front comprising rendered walls above ashlar and rubble plinths.