Stinsford

Stinsford
St Michael's Church, Stinsford
Stinsford is located in Dorset
Stinsford
Stinsford
Location within Dorset
Population334 [1]
OS grid referenceSY712911
Civil parish
  • Stinsford
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDorchester
Postcode districtDT2
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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UK
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Dorset
50°43′05″N 2°24′36″W / 50.7181°N 2.4101°W / 50.7181; -2.4101

Stinsford is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Dorchester. The parish includes the settlements of Higher and Lower Bockhampton. The name Stinsford may derive from stynt, Old English for a limited area of pasture.[2] In the 2011 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 334.[1]

The parish has five large country houses - Birkin House, Frome House, Kingston Maurward House, the Elizabethan era Old Manor House and Stinsford House. Much of the land in the parish is occupied by Kingston Maurward College, a further education college.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Area: Stinsford (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. ^ Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. p. 173. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.
  3. ^ "Stinsford". opcdorset.org. 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.