Woodsford
Also known as Woodsford, Dorset, Knightsford
Woodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80.
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- Locality
- Tincleton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Woodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80.
==Manor== The Domesday Book of 1086 records the manor as Waredesford, which the 18th-century historian John Hutchins interpreted as meaning a ford across the Varia, an alternative name for the River Frome. More recent opinion is that Waredesford referred to a ford belonging to a man named Weard. Two holdings were recorded, which have been interpreted as corresponding to East Woodsford (the current village) and West Woodsford (now Woodsford Castle).
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