Herringston House, north front

Winterborne Herringston, also Winterbourne Herringston, is a small civil parish and hamlet containing about 600 acres in Dorset, England, 1.4 miles south of Dorchester.[1] The only significant structure is Herringston House, a Grade II* listed[2] 14th-century manor house which has been the home of the Williams family since 1513.[1]

The name is derived from the small river Winterborne or Winterbourne[3] and from the family of Herring, the mediaeval owners.[4]

It was originally part of the parish of the abandoned village of Winterborne Farringdon, and from the 17th to the 19th century of Winterborne Came.[5] Ecclesiastically it is now included in the parish of Winterborne Monkton.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 RCHME Dorset, vol 2: Winterborne Herringston
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Herringston House (1119179)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Often known as the South Winterborne, as opposed to the North Winterborne
  4. ↑ A D Mills, 1977: "Place Names of Dorset", Vol 1 (Survey of English Place-Names LII). ISBN 9780904889024
  5. ↑ RCHME Dorset, vol 2: Winterborne Came
  6. ↑ DorchesterAnglican.info: Winterborne Monkton

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