| Official Name: | Poyntington |
| Unitary England: | Dorset |
| Shire County: | Dorset |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | South West England |
| Static Image Name: | Poyntington manor house.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Poyntington Manor |
| Population: | 128 |
| Population Ref: | [1] |
| Os Grid Reference: | ST650200 |
| Map Type: | Dorset |
| Coordinates: | 50.978°N -2.4991°W |
| Post Town: | Sherborne |
| Postcode Area: | DT |
| Postcode District: | DT9 |
| Civil Parish: | Yeo Head |
| Dial Code: | 01963 |
| Constituency Westminster: | West Dorset |
Poyntington is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale about 2miles 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]