Dorsington

Dorsington is a civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. Dorsington was in Gloucestershire until it was transferred to Warwickshire in 1931.[1] It is located 2¾ miles West of Milcote railway station.[2] Dorsington was recorded in the Domesday Book as Dorsitone / Dorsintune.[3] In 2001 it had a population of 138 of which 64 were males and 74 were females and were living in 49 houses,[4] the population increased to 150 at the 2011 census.[5]

The parish church of St Peter's is a Grade II* listed building built in 1764–68.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Dorsington/
  2. ↑ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=10595
  3. ↑ http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/warwickshire1.html#dorsington
  4. ↑ http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=800249&c=dorsington&d=16&e=15&g=494346&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1320008831843&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
  5. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  6. ↑ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-483121-church-of-st-peter-dorsington

6. Reinarz, Jonathan, A History of Dorsington (London: Noctua Press, 1996).

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Coordinates: 52°8′44″N 1°48′31″W / 52.14556°N 1.80861°W / 52.14556; -1.80861

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