Woodsford
Woodsford | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Dorchester | |
Postcode district | DT2 | |
Dialling code | 01305 | |
Police | Dorset | |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire | |
Ambulance | South Western | |
UK Parliament | ||
Woodsford is a village and
Manor
The Domesday Book of 1086 records the manor as Waredesford,[1] 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).[2]
Woodsford Castle is the surviving range of a 14th-century fortified manor house. King Edward III granted William de Whitefield a licence to crenellate in 1335. The house has the largest thatched roof in the county[3] and has been restored by the Landmark Trust.[4] The house is a Grade I listed building[5]
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of St John the Baptist was 13th-century, but was largely rebuilt in 1862–63 to designs by the Gothic Revival architect Thomas Henry Wyatt. Remnants of the 13th-century church include the lower part of the west tower and an Early English Gothic lancet on the south side of the nave west of the south porch.[6] The parish is part of the Benefice of Moreton, Woodsford and Crossways with Tincleton.[7]
Economic history
In the Frome Valley at Woodsford there used to be a system of
Demography
References
- ^ Open Domesday: Woodford
- ^ RCHME 1970, pp. 397–402.
- ^ Rodger, MA (February 2009). "Some Lost Castles Of Dorset". Dorset Life. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ "Woodsford Castle". Landmark Trust. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Woodsford Castle (Grade I) (1155314)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of Saint John the Baptist (Grade II) (1155283)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Wightman 1983, p. 49.
- ^ "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Area: Tincleton (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
Sources
- Newman, John; ISBN 0-14-071044-2.
- RCHME, ed. (1970). "Woodsford". An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset. Vol. 2 – South East. London: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. pp. 397–402.
- ISBN 0-7090-0844-9.
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