Stinsford

Stinsford is a village in south west Dorset, England, one mile east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 346 (2001), 13.5% of dwellings are second homes.

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The village churchyard contains the grave of Poet Laureate Cecil Day Lewis, as well as the burial place of the heart of Thomas Hardy, the novelist and poet.

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