Winterborne Clenston
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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.
To the north is Winterborne Stickland
and to the south is Winterborne Whitechurch
. The river flows through both these villages as well.
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...
, England
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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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 north to south through the village.
The river only flows overground during the winter, hence the name.
To the north is Winterborne Stickland
Winterborne Stickland
Winterborne Stickland is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated in the North Dorset administrative district of the county, about four miles west of the town of Blandford Forum. It is sited in a winterbourne valley in the Dorset Downs. The village has a population of 576...
and to the south is Winterborne Whitechurch
Winterborne Whitechurch
Winterborne Whitechurch, also Winterborne Whitchurch, is a village in central Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley on the A354 road on the Dorset Downs five miles south west of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 694 ....
. The river flows through both these villages as well.