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Stinsford (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 43 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.7167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 24 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.4000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Poet laureate C. Day Lewis and novelist Thomas Hardy's heart are buried in the churchyard here; the village is 'Mellstock' in Hardy's writings. |
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| Stinsford (preferred,C,V)
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| Stincteford (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Stiteford (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Dorset (county) (P) |
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Stinsford (inhabited place) (P) |
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