Place:Winterborne Herringstone, Dorset, England

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NameWinterborne Herringstone
Alt namesWinterbourne-Herringstonesource: Family History Library Catalog
Winterbourne Herringstonsource: Wikipedia
TypeHamlet, Civil parish
Coordinates50.692°N 2.441°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoCulliford Tree Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Dorchester Rural, Dorset, Englandrural district 1894-1974
West Dorset District, Dorset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2019
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Winterborne Herringstone (#31 on map), also Winterbourne Herringston (and sometimes with a hyphen between the words), is a small civil parish and hamlet containing about 600 acres in Dorset, England, 1.4 miles south of Dorchester. The only significant structure is Herringston House, a Grade II* listed 14th-century manor house which has been the home of the Williams family since 1513.

The name is derived from the small River Winterborne and from the family of Herring, the mediaeval owners.

It was originally part of the parish of the abandoned village of Winterborne Farringdon , and from the 17th to the 19th century of Winterborne Came. Ecclesiastically it is now included in the parish of Winterborne Monkton.

Image:Dorchester RD 1900 small.png

Governance

Winterborne Herringstone was originally a parish in the Culliford Tree Hundred, one of the hundreds or early subdivisions of the county of Dorset. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of the Dorchester Rural District.

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, all urban and rural districts across England were abolished and counties were reorganized into metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts. Winterborne Herringstone joined the non-metropolitan West Dorset District.

Under another set of local government reforms adopted on 1 April 2019, West Dorset Districtwas abolished, and the county of Dorset (excluding Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole) became a single unitary authority. The area is now administered by Dorset Council.

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