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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

Stratford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon ( ), commonly known as 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-west of ...

district, in the county of

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...

, England. Dorsington was in

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until 1931, when it was transferred to Warwickshire. It is located 2¾ miles west of

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. The place-name 'Dorsington' is first attested in an

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of 710, where it appears as ''Dorsintone''. It is recorded in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

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

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St Peter Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repe ...

's is a

Grade II* In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

listed building built in 1764–1768. Dorsington was the original centre of the

Heart of England Forest The Heart of England Forest is an English charity for the conservation and restoration of native habitats primarily within the counties of Warwickshire and Worcestershire. It aims to address the loss of ancient woodlands and other habitats i ...

, begun by the businessman and philanthropist

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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 Places formerly in Gloucestershire {{Warwickshire-geo-stub