Winterborne Tomson is a village in Dorset

Dorset

Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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Overview

The first name of "Winterborne" comes from the River Winterborne

River Winterborne

The River Winterborne is a river in Dorset, England.The river only flows overground during the winter, hence the name. It flows through a number of villages with a first name of "Winterborne"....

, which flows from west to east through the village.
The river only flows overground during the winter, hence the name.
To the west is Anderson

Anderson, Dorset

Anderson is a village and civil parish in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England, with a population of 72 . The village is sometimes known as Winterborne Anderson, and is near Winterborne Zelston and Winterborne Kingston. It is about twelve miles by road from Poole.To the west is...

 and to the east is Winterborne Zelston

Winterborne Zelston

Winterborne Zelston is a village in north Dorset, England. It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the A31 road eight miles south of Blandford Forum and ten miles north west of Poole...

. The river flows through both these villages as well.

St Andrew's Church

The village church is named after St Andrew. The furnishings in the church were given by Archbishop William Wake

William Wake

William Wake was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 until his death in 1737.-Life:...

 (1657–1737) of Canterbury

Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....

. According to Nikolaus Pevsner

Nikolaus Pevsner

Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...

, it is "a gem of a village church, sufficiently different from others to arrest attention". The church is Grade I listed.

Tomson Farmhouse

The picturesque stone Tomson Farmhouse dates from the early 17th century and is Grade II* listed. According to Pevsner, it is a building of "real architectural interest." The building is probably copied from Winterborne Clenston

Winterborne Clenston

Winterborne Clenston is a village in Dorset, England.The first name of "Winterborne" comes from the River Winterborne, which flows from north to south through the village.The river only flows overground during the winter, hence the name....

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