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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Winterborne Herringston like this:
WINTERBOURNE-HERRINGSTONE, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; 1 mile S of Dorchester r. station. Post town, Dorchester. Acres, 530. Real property, £705. Pop., 52. Houses, 9. The manor belonged to Siward the Saxon, and passed to the Herrings and the Williamses. There is no church.
Winterborne Herringston is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Winterborne Herringston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Winterborne Herringston in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14005
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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