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Poyntington






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Coordinates: 50°5841N 2°2957W / 50.978°N 2.4991°W / 50.978; -2.4991
 

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Poyntington

Poyntington Manor

Poyntington is located in Dorset
Poyntington

Poyntington

Location within Dorset

Population128 [1]
OS grid referenceST650200
Civil parish
  • Yeo Head
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSherborne
Postcode districtDT9
Dialling code01963
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°58′41N 2°29′57W / 50.978°N 2.4991°W / 50.978; -2.4991

Poyntington is a village and civil parish in the countyofDorsetinSouth West England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Sherborne. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 128.[1]

Poyntington shares a grouped parish council, Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council, with the three village parishes of Castleton, Goathill and Oborne.[2] Historically the village was part of the hundredofHorethorne in neighbouring Somerset.[3]

All Saints' Church has grown from an Anglo-Saxon two-room design and contains original Norman work. Murals on pillars were discovered in 1848[4] but were destroyed by their exposure. Two stained-glass windows date from the fourteenth century. An unusual addition is a carving of an angel's wing which was blown off Amiens Cathedral in World War I and then donated to the church.[5]

Notable residents[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Area: Poyntington (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  • ^ "Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council". Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  • ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  • ^ Poyntington, Genuki, accessed July 2009
  • ^ Poyntington Church Archived 7 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Dorset Historic Churches Trust, accessed July 2009
  • External links[edit]

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