Winterborne Herringston Explained

Winterborne Herringston, also Winterbourne Herringston, is a small civil parish and hamlet containing about 600 acres in Dorset, England, 1.4 miles south of Dorchester.[1] 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 or Winterbourne[2] and from the family of Herring, the mediaeval owners.[3]

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.[4] Ecclesiastically it is now included in the parish of Winterborne Monkton.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol2/pp388-390 RCHME Dorset, vol 2: Winterborne Herringston
  2. Often known as the South Winterborne, as opposed to the North Winterborne
  3. A D Mills, 1977: "Place Names of Dorset", Vol 1 (Survey of English Place-Names LII).
  4. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol2/pp382-387 RCHME Dorset, vol 2: Winterborne Came
  5. https://www.dorchesteranglican.info/churches/ss-simon-jude DorchesterAnglican.info: Winterborne Monkton