Woodsford
Sign in to saveWoodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tincleton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Woodsford
- UK place.static_image_name
- Woodsford_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_924711.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Woodsford Castle
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.population
- 80
- UK place.population_ref
- (2013 estimate)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Woodsford
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Dorset
- Population
- +100
- Image
- Woodsford Castle - geograph.org.uk - 924711.jpg
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Manor
- Parish church
- Economic history
- Demography
- References
- Sources
- External links
Woodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80.
==Manor== The Domesday Book of 1086 records the manor as Waredesford, which the 18th-century historian John Hutchins interpreted as meaning a ford across the Varia, an alternative name for the River Frome. More recent opinion is that Waredesford referred to a ford belonging to a man named Weard. Two holdings were recorded, which have been interpreted as corresponding to East Woodsford (the current village) and West Woodsford (now Woodsford Castle).