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“STINSFORD, a parish in the hundred of George, Dorchester division of county Dorset, 1½ mile N.E. of Dorchester, its post town. The village is situated near the river Frome. The parish includes the hamlets of Higher and Lower Buckhampton, Kingston, Marlwood, and Upper Kingston. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Sarum, value £190. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, has an ivy-covered tower. The interior contains some ancient tablets. The parochial charities produce about £12 per annum. There is a parochial school at Rockhampton. Stinsford House and Kingston House are the principal residences. There are some circular sandpits."

"KINGSTON MARLWOOD, (and Kingston Uppper) hamlets in the parish of Stinsford, county Dorset, 1 mile N.E. of Dorchester.

"UPPER BOCKHAMPTON, (and Lower Bockhampton) villages in the parish of Stinsford, George hundred, in the county of Dorset, 2 miles from Dorchester.

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"STINSFORD, a parish in the hundred of George, Dorchester division of county Dorset, 1½ mile N.E. of Dorchester, its post town. The village is situated near the river Frome. The parish includes the hamlets of Higher and Lower Buckhampton, Kingston, Marlwood, and Upper Kingston. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Sarum, value £190. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, has an ivy-covered tower. The interior contains some ancient tablets. The parochial charities produce about £12 per annum. There is a parochial school at Rockhampton. Stinsford House and Kingston House are the principal residences. There are some circular sandpits."

"KINGSTON MARLWOOD, (and Kingston Uppper) hamlets in the parish of Stinsford, county Dorset, 1 mile N.E. of Dorchester.

"UPPER BOCKHAMPTON, (and Lower Bockhampton) villages in the parish of Stinsford, George hundred, in the county of Dorset, 2 miles from Dorchester.

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