Godmanstone
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| Population | 166 (2021 census) |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SY667972] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Dorchester |
| Postcode district | DT2 |
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| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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Godmanstone (or Godmanston[1]) is a village and civil parish in Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the county town Dorchester. Its name means "Godman's Farm"[1] and it is sited by the River Cerne amongst chalk hills of the Dorset Downs.
The Smiths Arms
Godmanstone used to have a pub — The Smiths Arms — which claimed to be the smallest in Britain, with the interior measuring 3.6 metres (12 ft) by 4.6 metres (15 ft).[2] The story attached to the claim was that the original licence was granted by Charles II when he requested that the village blacksmith serve him a glass of porter. The smith refused because he had no licence, so Charles granted him one on the spot and was served his drink. The licence only applied to the smithy; adjacent living quarters, subsequently used by drinkers, were larger.[3] The business closed at the start of 2011.[4]
Holy Trinity Church
The parish church is partly Norman, chiefly perpendicular, with a tower; and was recently[when?] repaired. A tune 'Godmanstone' by Cyril Vincent Taylor 1907-1991, vicar of nearby Cerne Abbas 1958-1969, was set in Hymns Ancient and Modern New Standard (#399i), part of which he edited, to the hymn 'Lord, we are blind'.
Demographics
| Census | Population | Female | Male | Households | Source |
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| 1921 | 111 | [5] | |||
| 1931 | 95 | [5] | |||
| 1951 | 120 | [5] | |||
| 1961 | 121 | [5] | |||
| 1971 | 140 | [5] | |||
| 1981 | 120 | [5] | |||
| 1991 | 120 | [5] | |||
| 2001[a] | 171 | 85 | 86 | 67 | [6] |
| 2011 | 156 | 82 | 74 | 63 | [7] |
| 2021 | 166 | 85 | 81 | 67 | [8] |
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- ^ In 2001, data reported for Godmanstone was combined with data for Nether Cerne parish.
Notable inhabitants
Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington (ca.1579–1652) came from Godmanstone. He was the English lord treasurer and ambassador and leader of the pro-Spanish, pro-Roman Catholic faction in the court of Charles I.[9]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. p. 149. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Remembering The Smiths Arms, Godmanstone". Doset Echo. 7 September 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ralph Wightman (1983). Portrait of Dorset (4 ed.). Robert Hale Ltd. pp. 102–3. ISBN 0 7090 0844 9.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Smiths Arms, Godmanstone". CAMRA.
- ^ a b c d e f g Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Past population - Parishes (A-L), 1921-2001 Census Years". Dorset County Council. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. ONSID 19UH051 (Godmanstone/Nether Cerne) in Tables KS001 (Usual resident population) and KS016 (Household spaces and accommodation type). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. E04003542 : Godmanstone in Table KS101EW (Usual resident population) and Table KS105EW (Household composition). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Parish Profiles". 2021 United Kingdom census. Office for National Statistics. GSS E04003542 (Godmanstone parish) in tables PP001 (Number of Households) and PP002 (Sex). Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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External links
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