Place:Poyntington, Dorset, England

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NamePoyntington
Alt namesPointingtonsource: mis-spelling
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates50.978°N 2.499°W
Located inDorset, England     (1896 - )
Also located inSomerset, England     ( - 1896)
See alsoHorethorne Hundred, Somerset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Sherborne Rural, Dorset, Englandrural district 1895-1974
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Poyntington is a civil parish and a village of the same name in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Sherborne. In the UK census of 2011 the parish had a population of 128.

Poyntington shares a grouped parish council, Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council, with the three other village parishes of Castleton, Goathill and Oborne. Historically the village was part of the hundred of Horethorne in the neighbouring county of Somerset. Poyntington was transferred to Dorset in 1896.

All Saints' Church has grown from an Anglo-Saxon two-room design and contains original Norman work. Murals on pillars were discovered in 1848 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.

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