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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stinsford like this:
STINSFORD, a parish, with three hamlets, in Dorchester district, Dorset; 1½ mile ENE of Dorchester r. station. Post town, Dorchester. Acres, 1,999. Rated property, £2,225. Pop., 357. Houses, 62. The property is divided among a few. S. House and Kingston House are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £190.* Patron, the Earl of Ilchester. The church is good. Charities, £12.
Stinsford is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stinsford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stinsford in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13899
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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