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'''Kington Magna''' is a village in the [[English county]] of [[Dorset]]. It is sited on the slopes of a [[Corallian Limestone|Corallian limestone]] hill within the [[Blackmore Vale]],<ref>Wightman, R., ''Portrait of Dorset'', Hale, 1983, p17</ref> overlooking the flat [[Oxford Clay]] valley of the small River Cale, which drains into the [[River Stour, Dorset|Stour]]. The village lies within the [[North Dorset]] administrative district of the county, about {{convert|3.5|mi|km |
'''Kington Magna''' is a village in the [[English county]] of [[Dorset]]. It is sited on the slopes of a [[Corallian Limestone|Corallian limestone]] hill within the [[Blackmore Vale]],<ref>Wightman, R., ''Portrait of Dorset'', Hale, 1983, p17</ref> overlooking the flat [[Oxford Clay]] valley of the small River Cale, which drains into the [[River Stour, Dorset|Stour]]. The village lies within the [[North Dorset]] administrative district of the county, about {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} south-west of the town of [[Gillingham, Dorset|Gillingham]]. |
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The name of Kington Magna means ''great 'King's Town''',<ref>North Dorset District Council, ''Official District Guide'', Home Publishing Co. Ltd., c.1983, p37</ref><ref name=Treves>Treves, Sir F., ''Highways and Byways in Dorset'', Macmillan, 1905, p23</ref> and the parish "figures conspicuously in the [[Domesday Book]]."<ref name=Treves/> However most of the current buildings are no older than the seventeenth century. In 1905 [[Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet|Sir Frederick Treves]] wrote that the village "straggles down hill like a small mountain stream."<ref name=Treves/> In the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]] it had a population of 376. |
The name of Kington Magna means ''great 'King's Town''',<ref>North Dorset District Council, ''Official District Guide'', Home Publishing Co. Ltd., c.1983, p37</ref><ref name=Treves>Treves, Sir F., ''Highways and Byways in Dorset'', Macmillan, 1905, p23</ref> and the parish "figures conspicuously in the [[Domesday Book]]."<ref name=Treves/> However most of the current buildings are no older than the seventeenth century. In 1905 [[Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet|Sir Frederick Treves]] wrote that the village "straggles down hill like a small mountain stream."<ref name=Treves/> In the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]] it had a population of 376. |
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| Kington Magna | |
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 All Saints' Church, Kington Magna | |
| OS grid reference | ST765232 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
Kington Magna is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is sited on the slopes of a Corallian limestone hill within the Blackmore Vale,[1] overlooking the flat Oxford Clay valley of the small River Cale, which drains into the Stour. The village lies within the North Dorset administrative district of the county, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-west of the town of Gillingham.
The name of Kington Magna means great 'King's Town',[2][3] and the parish "figures conspicuously in the Domesday Book."[3] However most of the current buildings are no older than the seventeenth century. In 1905 Sir Frederick Treves wrote that the village "straggles down hill like a small mountain stream."[3] In the 2001 Census it had a population of 376.
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