Grimstone, Dorset

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Grimstone
Dorset
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The Royal Yeoman, Grimstone
Location
Grid reference: SY639941
Location: 50°43’48"N, 2°31’12"W
Data
Post town: Dorchester
Postcode: DT2
Dialling code: 01305
Local Government
Council: Dorset
Parliamentary
constituency:
West Dorset
Website: Stratton Dorset

Grimstone is a hamlet at the meeting of the of Sydling Water and the River Frome in Dorset.

The Great Western Railway opened Grimstone and Frampton railway station and Grimstone Viaduct in 1857 and British Railways closed the station in 1966.

The hamlet is the home of Manor Foods, a catering company located at Manor Farm.[1]

Grimstone's common lands were not enclosed until 1907.[2]

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References

  1. Rogers, Joseph (2016). A Spectrum Of Settlements. Blurb Inc. pp. 202. ISBN 9781364234751. 
  2. Taylor, Christopher (1982). Fields in the English Landscape. Archaeology in the Field Series. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. p. 153. ISBN 0-460-02232-6.