Dorsington is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the
Stratford-on-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon (), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon, north-wes ...
district, in the county of
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
, England. Dorsington was in
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Gl ...
until 1931, when it was transferred to Warwickshire. It is located 2¾ miles west of
Milcote railway station
Milcote railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway line between and , which in 1908 became part of the Great Western Railway's new main line between Birmingham and Cheltenham.
The station's site, in the far south-western corne ...
. The place-name 'Dorsington' is first attested in an
Anglo-Saxon charter of 710, where it appears as ''Dorsintone''. It is recorded in the
Domesday Book
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of 1086 as ''Dorsintune''. The name means 'the town or settlement of Deorsige's people'. In the
2001 census, it had a population of 138 (64 males; 74 females; living in 49 houses). By the
2011 Census, the population had increased to 150. The
parish church
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of
St Peter
) (Simeon, Simon)
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
, death_date = Between AD 64–68
, death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
, parents = John (or Jonah; Jona)
, occupation ...
's is a
Grade II*
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listed building built in 1764–1768.
Dorsington was the original centre of the
Heart of England Forest, begun by the businessman and philanthropist
Felix Dennis
Felix Dennis (27 May 1947 – 22 June 2014) was an English publisher, poet, spoken-word performer and philanthropist. His company, Dennis Publishing, pioneered computer and hobbyist magazine publishing in the United Kingdom. In more recent times ...
.
References
External links
* https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/SP1349
* http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/warwickshire/dorsington
* http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50925#s1
* http://churchdb.gukutils.org.uk/GLS175.php
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110807003847/http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dorsington.html
Sources
Jonathan., Reinarz, (1996). ''A History of Dorsington''. Lane, Joan. London: Noctua.
Villages in Warwickshire
Civil parishes in Warwickshire
Stratford-on-Avon District
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