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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.
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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
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- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Stinsford (St. Michael) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of Stinsford from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"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.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Stinsford to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Stinsford pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY711911 (Lat/Lon: 50.718797, -2.410469), Stinsford which are provided by:
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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
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