Winterborne Clenston is a small village and civil parish in Dorset, England, around 3+1⁄2 miles (5.5 kilometres) southwest of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 40.[1]
| Winterborne Clenston | |
|---|---|
 The Manor House, Winterborne Clenston | |
  Winterborne Clenston Location within Dorset | |
| Population | 40 (2013 est.) |
| OS grid reference | ST838031 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLANDFORD FORUM |
| Postcode district | DT11 |
| Dialling code | 01258 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
The first part of the village name comes from the River Winterborne, which flows from north to south through the village.[2] The river only flows overground during the winter, hence the name. In 1312 the patron of the church was Roger de Clencheston, who most likely had a farm here, after which the second part of the village name derives.[3]
To the north of the village is Winterborne Stickland and to the south is Winterborne Whitechurch. The river flows through both these villages as well.[4]
The parish church of St Nicholas dates from 1840. It is built in bands of stone and flint and has a spire on top of a narrow tower. It stands alone above the Winterborne on the site of an earlier church.[3]
The village manor is a late-15th- to early-16th-century building of Purbeck and Portland stone with courses of flint. It was built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and is a Grade I listed building.[5] It has mullioned windows and a gabled staircase turret on the west side.[3][6] Nearby is a sixteenth-century tithe-barn with a hammerbeam roof, also a listed building but falling into disrepair. In 2008, Historic England funded the erection of scaffolding and temporary repairs to the structure, but by 2016, a permanent repair had not been made.[7]
About 100 metres (300 feet) east of the manor house is a field barn which is also a Grade II listed building. It is also built in bands of flint and stone and has a door made of planks and a thatched roof. It forms an important group with the Manor House and the Manor House Barn.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Dorset: Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - Walking the River Winterborne" (PDF). Dorset AONB Partnership. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ a b c Gant, Roland (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. p. 180. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.
- ^ "Dorchester, Weymouth and surrounding area" (Map). Landranger 194. Ordnance Survey.
- ^ "Manor House, Winterborne Clenston". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ Accessed 31 Mar 2023 Youtube video by ethnography Jack Hargreaves visiting site in early 1980s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pk_x-mbNow&list=TLPQMDEwNDIwMjPv9zUWvDQDJg&index=6
- ^ "Manor Farm Barn, Winterborne Clenston - North Dorset". Heritage at risk. Historic England. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Barn approximately 100 metres west of Winterborne Clenston Manor House". Historic England. Retrieved 26 August 2016.