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Poyntington

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Poyntington

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Also known as Poyntington, Dorset

Poyntington is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale about north of Sherborne. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 128.

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Place details

Locality
Poyntington
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.static_image_name
Poyntington manor house.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Poyntington Manor
UK place.population
128
UK place.os_grid_reference
ST650200
UK place.map_type
Dorset
UK place.post_town
Sherborne
UK place.postcode_area
DT
UK place.postcode_district
DT9
UK place.civil_parish
Yeo Head
UK place.dial_code
01963
UK place.constituency_westminster
West Dorset
UK place.official_name
Poyntington
UK place.unitary_england
Dorset
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Dorset
UK place.country
England
UK place.region
South West England

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • References
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Poyntington is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale about north of Sherborne. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 128.

Poyntington shares a grouped parish council, Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council, with the three village parishes of Castleton, Goathill and Oborne. Until 1896 the village was in Somerset, part of the hundred of Horethorne.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poyntington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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