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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of the small riverside settlements listed as Winterbornes in 1086 (Domesday Book). Until the 17th century it was included in the parish of Winterborne Farringdon, and thereafter until the late 19th century in Winterborne Came. There is no village. Herringston, a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… preserved remains of a mediaeval Deer Park (7) are found in Park Bottom, to the S. of the same settlement. Winterborne … (1) The Parish Church of St. Andrew was built in 1861, and fittings from the old building, which was then … composed almost entirely of flints. The fourth, probably a barrow at 80980581 that has now been completely destroyed, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Ecclesiastical (1) The Church of St. Nicholas stands in the S.E. part of the village. The walls are of flint and … are of 14th-century origin but were extensively restored in 1871, under G. E. Street, when the North Aisle and the … Down. A soil-mark suggesting the former existence of a barrow at 84239763 is visible on an air photograph (St. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… S. of the river. The N. part of the parish was formerly in Fordington, and was transferred to Monkton when the rest … along the Winterborne, has always been the only settlement in the parish and has remained very small. Ecclesiastical … of the church consisting of Chancel and Nave was built in the early 13th century as a simple rectangular structure. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… which is overlaid by extensive areas of gravels and sands in its higher parts, especially in the S. on Bronkham Hill. From the S. boundary, which runs along the barrow-studded crest of the S. Dorset Ridgeway over 500 ft. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… an altitude of 500 ft. above sea-level. The land undulates in a branching pattern of narrow, steep-sided valleys, all … of Dorset Winterbornes. Evidence of desertion is found in both settlements. Like Winterborne Clenston to the S., … few years earlier in the N. side of the mound. The second barrow, probably (18), was 5 ft. high and was composed almost …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 SW, ST 80 SE, SY 89 NW) The parish lies in the valley of the Winterborne brook and has an area of … parish. There were originally three separate settlements in the parish, each with its own open field system; they may … have now been destroyed. In 1864 William Shipp opened a barrow, possibly (25), on 'Whitechurch Down' (now East Down) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Winterbourne WINTERBOURNE, a chapelry, in the parish of Chieveley, union of Newbury, hundred of … (St. Martin) WINTERBOURNE ( St. Martin), a parish, in the union of Dorchester, hundred of George, Dorchester … Druidical remains are, a double circle of rude stones, a barrow surrounded with large stones, and the supposed site of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It is entirely on Chalk, capped in places with sands and gravels, and slopes from just over 600 ft. in the N. and 450 ft. in the S. to the South Winterborne … Group (1). Other Earthworks and Allied Monuments (13) Long Barrow, p. 432 (1454) Round Barrows, p. 461 (55) Enclosure, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the river, is the original and still the only settlement in the parish and contains a few houses of the 16th and 17th … the roofs are slate-covered. There was a church here in the first half of the 11th century of which the quoins at … which have disappeared, for example 'Catsbarrow' and 'Lot Barrow'. 'Brass Stone' probably refers to the stones …