Winterborne Kingston
Winterborne Kingston is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies in the North Dorset district of the county, 7 miles (11 km) south of the town of Blandford Forum and 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the large village of Bere Regis.[1] It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the edge of the dip slope of the Dorset Downs. It has a population of 613 (As of 2001[update]).[2]
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[edit] Description
Winterborne Kingston consists of Kingston, which is two thirds of the western area of the parish, and Turberville (later called Abbots Court Farm) to the east. Still further east is the hamlet of Winterborne Muston. The River Winterborne which flows through the village is a tributary of the River Stour.[3] As the name implies, it flows only in the winter. Kingston or King's Winterbourne means the King held land here. Amenities in the village include the Greyhound Inn (or "The Dog" as some locals call it), a recreational ground (including a children's playpark) and a village club.
[edit] Parish church
The village church is named after St Nicholas. It is in the Decorated style and faced with flint. The Victorian architect George Edmund Street remodelled the church in 1872.[4]
[edit] History
Dorset historically had many cottage industries related to the clothing trade. Button making (buttony) developed in the 1680s in the villages with Blandford the main centre. The 1851 census shows that many of the women in Winterborne Kingston were button makers.[citation needed] Most of the men in this area worked as agricultural labourers. The farms in this area were small dairy farms, which supplied dairy products to the London markets. There were also limekilns, which were an important part of the agricultural scene as they produced lime for spreading on the land. Barley was one of the main crops, and was used in the production of malt for the brewing of beer in Dorsetshire and London Breweries. Other trades in the area were carpenters, bricklayers, blacksmiths and shoemakers.
[edit] Notable residents
The chemist and botanist Humphry Bowen (1929–2001), author of The Flora of Dorset (2000), lived near the village during his retirement when he wrote the Flora.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Winterborne Kingston". Dorset Online Parish Clerks. http://www.opcdorset.org/WinterborneFiles/W.Kingston/WinterborneKingston.htm. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
- ^ "Winterborne Kingston Parish Profile". 2001 Census. Dorset County Council/Archive.org. 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20060519132559/http://www1.dorsetcc.gov.uk/LIVING/FACTS/Census2001.nsf/6cadf4da179fc19500256663004afece/a44764c4769dca4b80256ec5004903a5?OpenDocument. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
- ^ "Walking the River Winterborne". Dorset: Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Dorset AONB Partnership, UK. 2011. http://www.dorsetaonb.org.uk/assets/downloads/Winterbournes_Wetlands/Winterborne_Leaflet_final_copy.pdf. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
- ^ Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1972). The Buildings of England: Dorset. Penguin Books. pp. 481–482. ISBN 0 14 071044 2.
- ^ "Obituaries: Humphry Bowen". The Independent. 25 September 2001. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/humphry-bowen-729440.html. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
- ^ S. L. Jury, Humphry John Moule Bowen (1929–2001). Watsonia, 24:268–270, 2002.
[edit] External links
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