Winterborne Herringston

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.

[5] Ecclesiastically it is now included in the parish of Winterborne Monkton.

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