In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hinton St Mary like this:
HINTON-ST. MARY, a village and a parish in Sturminster district, Dorset. The village stands near the river Stour, 1¼ mile N of Sturminster-Newton r. station; and has a post office under Blandford. The parish comprises 982 acres. Real property, with Sturminster and Bagber, £13, 205. ...
Pop., 342. Houses, 73. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, under the vicarage of Iwerne-Minster, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, not reported. Patron, the Vicar of Iwerne-Minster. The church is good; and has a tower and some very old monuments. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, a national school, and charities £9.
Hinton St Mary through time
Hinton St Mary is now part of North Dorset district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Dorset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hinton St Mary itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hinton St Mary in North Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13663
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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