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Stourpaine

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“STOURPAINE, a parish in the hundred of Pimperne, North Blanford division of county Dorset, 3 miles N.W. of Blanford-Forum, its post town. The village is on the Stour. The parish includes the hamlets of Lacerton, formerly a distinct parish, and the tything of Ashe. On an eminence called Hod Hill are the remains of a double-ditched camp, which extends over several acres, and in which many Roman coins have been found. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Sarum, value £130, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The register dates from 1631. There is a National school."

"ASHE, a tything in the parish of Stourpaine, in the hundred of Pimperne, in the county of Dorset, 3 miles to the N.W. of Blandford. It is watered by the river Stour."

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"STOURPAINE, a parish in the hundred of Pimperne, North Blanford division of county Dorset, 3 miles N.W. of Blanford-Forum, its post town. The village is on the Stour. The parish includes the hamlets of Lacerton, formerly a distinct parish, and the tything of Ashe. On an eminence called Hod Hill are the remains of a double-ditched camp, which extends over several acres, and in which many Roman coins have been found. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Sarum, value £130, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The register dates from 1631. There is a National school."

"ASHE, a tything in the parish of Stourpaine, in the hundred of Pimperne, in the county of Dorset, 3 miles to the N.W. of Blandford. It is watered by the river Stour."

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