| Static Image Name: | Henbury Cottages (geograph 2844149).jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Henbury Cottages on the A31 |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 50.7869°N -2.0577°W |
| Official Name: | Henbury |
| Map Type: | Dorset |
| Shire District: | East Dorset |
| Shire County: | Dorset |
| Region: | South West England |
| Constituency Westminster: | North Dorset |
| Post Town: | WIMBORNE |
| Postcode District: | BH21 |
| Postcode Area: | BH |
| Dial Code: | 01258 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SY960985 |
Henbury is a hamlet in the civil parish of Sturminster Marshall in Dorset, England. It lies on the A31 road.
Henbury House is a classical Georgian house built in 1770.[1] In the 19th century the estate was held by the Parke family. In the 1870s two members of the family emigrated to Australia and founded Henbury Station, a cattle station some 140 km south of Alice Springs, near where the Henbury Crater was discovered in 1899.
Henbury House (renamed Henbury Hall) was the subject of a failed holiday time-share scheme in the 1980s which was designed to cover the cost of its refurbishment. In 1982 the then owners Charles and Susan Maitland offered bonds for sale at £500 each, guaranteeing investors a week's family holiday a year in the house for five years.[2] This was followed by a second Bond issue in 1983 at £1500. However, the venture failed during 1984 and in 1985 the property was sold to Roy and Guy Baylis. The Maitlands filed for bankruptcy which was completed in 1988 with a dividend of 24 pence in the pound for creditors.[3] A private housing development called Henbury House Gardens was then built on the land surrounding the house.[4]