Dorsington

Dorsington
Dorsington
	St Peter's Church, Dorsington
	Dorsington Location within Warwickshire
Population	150 (2011)
Civil parish	Dorsington;
District	Stratford-on-Avon;
Shire county	Warwickshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stratford-upon-Avon
Postcode district	CV37
Dialling code	01789
UK Parliament	Stratford-on-Avon;
	List of places UK England Warwickshire 52°8′44″N 1°48′31″W / 52.14556°N 1.80861°W

Dorsington is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. Dorsington was in Gloucestershire until 1931, when it was transferred to Warwickshire.^[1] It is located 2¾ miles west of Milcote railway station.^[2] The place-name 'Dorsington' is first attested in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 710, where it appears as Dorsintone. It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Dorsintune. The name means 'the town or settlement of Deorsige's people'.^[3] In the 2001 census, it had a population of 138 (64 males; 74 females; living in 49 houses).^[4] By the 2011 Census, the population had increased to 150.^[5] The parish church of St Peter's is a Grade II* listed building built in 1764–1768.^[6] Dorsington was the original centre of the Heart of England Forest, begun by the businessman and philanthropist Felix Dennis.

References[edit]

^ GENUKI. "Genuki: Dorsington, Gloucestershire". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
^ "History of Dorsington, in Stratford on Avon and Gloucestershire | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.148.
^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^ "Church of St Peter, Dorsington, Warwickshire". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

External links[edit]

Sources[edit]

Jonathan., Reinarz, (1996). A History of Dorsington. Lane, Joan. London: Noctua. ISBN 0-952-83850-8

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[1] GENUKI. "Genuki: Dorsington, Gloucestershire". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[2] "History of Dorsington, in Stratford on Avon and Gloucestershire | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[3] Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.148.

[4] "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[5] "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 27 December 2015.

[6] "Church of St Peter, Dorsington, Warwickshire". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

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