Woodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the county town Dorchester.

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.

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.