Stinsford

Stinsford
St Michael's Church, Stinsford
Stinsford Location within Dorset
Population	334 [1]
OS grid reference	SY712911
Civil parish	Stinsford
Unitary authority	Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Dorchester
Postcode district	DT2
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	West Dorset
List of places UK England Dorset 50°43′05″N 2°24′36″W / 50.7181°N 2.4101°W / 50.7181; -2.4101

Stinsford is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Dorchester. The parish includes the settlements of Higher and Lower Bockhampton. The name Stinsford may derive from stynt, Old English for a limited area of pasture.^[2] In the 2011 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 334.^[1]

The parish has five large country houses - Birkin House, Frome House, Kingston Maurward House, the Elizabethan era Old Manor House and Stinsford House. Much of the land in the parish is occupied by Kingston Maurward College, a further education college.^[3]