Poyntington

Poyntington
Poyntington Manor
Poyntington Poyntington shown within Dorset
Population	128 ^[1]
OS grid reference	ST650200
Civil parish	Yeo Head
District	West Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sherborne
Postcode district	DT9
Dialling code	01963
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	West Dorset
List of places UK England Dorset

Coordinates: 50°58′41″N 2°29′57″W / 50.978°N 2.4991°W / 50.978; -2.4991

Poyntington is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies within the West Dorset administrative district, 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 hundred of Horethorne 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

References

1 2 "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, Dorset Historic Churches Trust, accessed July 2009

External links

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Towns, villages and hamlets in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England

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