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{{Infobox town
{{Infobox town
|county=Somerset
|county=Somerset
| shire_district= [[West Dorset]]
|LG district=West Dorset
| static_image= [[Image:Poyntington manor house.jpg|240px]]
|picture=Poyntington manor house.jpg
| static_image_caption= Poyntington Manor
|picture caption= Poyntington Manor
| population = 128
|population = 128
| census year= <ref name=ons>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127685&c=Poyntington&d=16&e=62&g=6418551&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1394871899162&enc=1|publisher=Office for National Statistics|title=Area: Poyntington (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|accessdate=15 March 2014|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
|census year= <ref name=ons>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127685&c=Poyntington&d=16&e=62&g=6418551&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1394871899162&enc=1|publisher=Office for National Statistics|title=Area: Poyntington (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|accessdate=15 March 2014|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
| os grid ref= ST650200
|os grid ref= ST650200
| latitude= 50.978
|latitude= 50.978
| longitude= -2.4991
|longitude= -2.4991
| post town= Sherborne
|post town= Sherborne
| postcode= DT9
|postcode= DT9
| dialling code= 01963
|dialling code= 01963
| constituency=West Dorset
|constituency=West Dorset
}}
}}
'''Poyntington''' is a village and parish in south-east [[Somerset]], adjacent to the border with [[Dorset]]. It lies about two miles north of [[Sherborne]] in the latter county on the edge of the [[Blackmore Vale]]. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 128.<ref name=ons/> The ancient parish forms part of the hundred of [[Horethorne Hundred|Horethorne]].<ref name=genuki>{{cite web|title=Somerset Hundreds|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/|publisher=GENUKI|accessdate=23 April 2013}}</ref>
'''Poyntington''' is a village and parish in south-east [[Somerset]], adjacent to the border with [[Dorset]]. It lies about two miles north of [[Sherborne]] in the latter county on the edge of the [[Blackmore Vale]]. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 128.<ref name=ons/> The ancient parish forms part of the hundred of [[Horethorne Hundred|Horethorne]].<ref name=genuki>{{cite web|title=Somerset Hundreds|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/|publisher=GENUKI|accessdate=23 April 2013}}</ref>
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Poyntington shares a grouped parish council, Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council, with the three village parishes of [[Castleton, Dorset|Castleton]] (Dorset), [[Goathill]] and [[Oborne]] (Dorset).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yeoheadpc.co.uk/ |title=Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council|accessdate=3 February 2015}}</ref>
Poyntington shares a grouped parish council, Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council, with the three village parishes of [[Castleton, Dorset|Castleton]] (Dorset), [[Goathill]] and [[Oborne]] (Dorset).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yeoheadpc.co.uk/ |title=Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council|accessdate=3 February 2015}}</ref>


All Saints' Church has grown from an Anglo-Saxon two-room design and contains original Norman work. Murals on pillars were discovered in 1848<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Poyntington/index.html Poyntington], Genuki, accessed July 2009</ref> but were destroyed by their exposure. Two stained-glass windows date from the fourteenth century. An unusual addition is a carving of an angel's wing which was blown off Amiens Cathedral in World War I and then donated to the church.<ref>[http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/poyntington.htm Poyntington Church], Dorset Historic Churches Trust, accessed July 2009</ref>
All Saints' Church has grown from an Anglo-Saxon two-room design and contains original Norman work. Murals on pillars were discovered in 1848<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Poyntington/index.html Poyntington], Genuki, accessed July 2009</ref> but were destroyed by their exposure. Two stained-glass windows date from the fourteenth century. An unusual addition is a carving of an angel's wing which was blown off Amiens Cathedral in World War I and then donated to the church.<ref>[https://www.dhct.org.uk/m/church.php?ref=d23bb2de9cb1322d977e01710fc4ad8b Poyntington Church]</ref>


==Notable residents==
==Notable residents==

Latest revision as of 21:25, 14 June 2020

Poyntington
Somerset

Poyntington Manor
Location
Grid reference: ST650200
Location: 50°58’41"N, 2°29’57"W
Data
Population: 128  ([1])
Post town: Sherborne
Postcode: DT9
Dialling code: 01963
Local Government
Council: Dorset
Parliamentary
constituency: 		West Dorset

Poyntington is a village and parish in south-east Somerset, adjacent to the border with Dorset. It lies about two miles north of Sherborne in the latter county on the edge of the Blackmore Vale. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 128.[1] The ancient parish forms part of the hundred of Horethorne.[2]

Poyntington shares a grouped parish council, Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council, with the three village parishes of Castleton (Dorset), Goathill and Oborne (Dorset).[3]

All Saints' Church has grown from an Anglo-Saxon two-room design and contains original Norman work. Murals on pillars were discovered in 1848[4] but were destroyed by their exposure. Two stained-glass windows date from the fourteenth century. An unusual addition is a carving of an angel's wing which was blown off Amiens Cathedral in World War I and then donated to the church.[5]

Notable residents

  • Sir Thomas Malet, Judge
  • William Launcelot Scott Fleming
  • Sir Ralph Cheyne (d.1400)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Area: Poyntington (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127685&c=Poyntington&d=16&e=62&g=6418551&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1394871899162&enc=1. Retrieved 15 March 2014. 
  2. ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/. Retrieved 23 April 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council". http://www.yeoheadpc.co.uk/. Retrieved 3 February 2015. 
  4. ↑ Poyntington, Genuki, accessed July 2009
  5. ↑ Poyntington Church
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