Hinton St Mary

Hinton St Mary
Parish church of St Peter
Hinton St Mary is located in Dorset
Hinton St Mary
Hinton St Mary
Location within Dorset
Population225 
OS grid referenceST786162
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSturminster Newton
Postcode districtDT10
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
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England
Dorset
50°56′40″N 2°18′21″W / 50.9444°N 2.3059°W / 50.9444; -2.3059

Hinton St Mary is a village and civil parish in Dorset, southern England. It is sited on a low Corallian limestone ridge beside the River Stour, one mile (1.5 kilometres) north of the market town Sturminster Newton. In 2001 the parish had 97 households and a population of 221.[1] In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 260.[2] In 2021 the estimated population of the parish has decreased to 225.

The village includes a parish church, a traditional pub, a manor house, a village hall and a water mill.

  1. ^ "Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 28 April 2004. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.