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The village is located about a mile to the west of Milborne Wick (Somerset) and to the north of Oborne. The
top of the escarpment to the east, which takes its name from the village (Poyntington Hill) forms the boundary
here between Dorset and Somerset.
About a mile to the north of the Parish Church, at Poyntington Down (just SW of
Seven Wells Down and south of the Somerset village of Corton Denham) the river Yeo rises and makes its way
southwards, through Poytington and Oborne about a mile to the south.
The parish was formerly in the county of Somerset; it was moved to Dorset in
1896.
According to the Church Guide, the Saxon invaders penetrated Somerset at Poynington.
At the time of the Civil War, two Malets lived at the manor house; Baldwin Malet was killed by
the Roundheads in a skirmish just outside the village, aged only nineteen; Sir Thomas Malet, a judge, was imprisoned
in the Tower of London by order of Parliament. The malet arms hang in the
Parish Church.
see also: The Malet Family
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"Looking for specific information about the exact site of the mounds where Baldwin Malet fell near the stream at Poyntington. Visible in the 1970s but went to look for them again in early 1980s and they seem to have disappeared."
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The parish was formerly in the county of Somerset; it was moved to Dorset in 1896.
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Since the Poor Law of 1601, care of the destitute, aged or sick fell on the parish and was administered by the Overseers of the Poor. The parish provided 'indoor relief' within the parish workhouse. The inefficiency of each parish providing for its own poor was remedied in 1834 by the Poor Law Amendment Act which allowed parishes to join together in 'Parish Unions' to provide relief.
The poor of six Somerset parishes (Goathill, Marston Magna, Poyntington, Rimpton, Sandford Orcas and Trent) were thus sent to the workhouse in Sherborne in neighbouring Dorset under an irregular and possibly illegal arrangement. Its was inevitable that the arrangement would cause arguments, is it did towards the end of the 19th century.
The arrangement, which had been in place for some fifty years, came to the notice of the Boundary Commission in 1888 as it was working towards the Local Government Act which would replace the old Hundreds with County Councils and Rural District Councils. The Commission recommended that the six parishes should be transferred to Dorset.
Area and Boundaries Committee of Somerset agreed that the parishes of Goathill, Poyntington and Sandford Orcas should be transferred to Dorset but argued that Marston Magna, Rimpton and Trent "were well within easy distance of Yeovil and had at all times and without any inconvenience or complaint been included in the Yeovil Highway District and Yeovil Petty Sessional Division, the town being their natural town and place of business." and so should be retained in Somerset. Marston Magna and Rimpton remain in Somerset but the parishioners of Trent appealed the decision and the parish was transferred to Dorset in 1896.
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The parish church, on the hill to the south-west, overlooking the village, was built by the Normans but has been much restored. Despite this the Norman doorway has been saved, as has the unusual font.
The mutilated figure of a knight on an altar tomb is believed to be that of the founder of the church,
Nicholas de Cheney. Geroge Tilley, another knight, is depicted kneeling on his alabaster monument
accompanied by his wife and daughter.
The Manor House which lies below the church was built in the late 13th century with medieval windows and massive beams, although altered by the Tudors.
At the time of the Civil War, two Malets lived here and heir
hatchments are on the wall of the
church. Baldwin Malet was killed by the Cavaliers in a skirmish just outside the village,
aged only nineteen. Sir Thomas Malet, a judge, was imprisoned in the Tower of London by order of
Parliament.
Goerge Tilley lived at the Manor House in the 16th century and loaned considerable sums of money to prepare defences
against the attack of the Spanish Armada in 1589. A alabaster monument to George and Mary Tilley, and their daughter
was erected in the Parish Curch by Sir Edward Parham and his wife (their daughter) in the
early 17th century.
From 1961 until 2000 the Manor House belonged to the Wood family, it was they who gave the
All Saints' Parish Church, overlooking the house, it Millenium Gate.
MALETS
CHENEYS
The home of the Cheneys is now a farmhouse. It is here that the infamous Judge Jeffreys sat
in judgement during the
Bloody Assizes which followed
Monmouth's Rebellion of 1685.
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| | | | OTHER PLACES | | Sandford Orcas Manor House
Sandford Orcas, Vale Of Blackmore, Dorset,
England
The ancient manor house, open to the public
during the summer months, is reputed to be haunted | 2.9 km NW | | Sherborne Old Castle
Dorset, England
The castle, built by a medieaval Bishop of Sherborne became the home of
Sir Walter Raleigh | 3 km S | | Sherborne New Castle
Dorset, England
The
new castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh when he found the Old Castle not
to his liking | 3.5 km S | | Sherborne Abbey
Dorset, England
The abbey church was a cathedral church for many centuries after King
Ine of Wessex established a see here and made his kinsman St Aldhelm the first
bishop | 3.7 km SW | | Cornford Bridge
nr. Holwell, Dorset, England
A scheduled National Monument, the bridge consists of three Gothic
arches | 8.9 km SE | | Boyles School
High Street, Yestminster, Vale Of Blackmore, Dorset, England
The 17th century scientist Robert Boyle who lived
nearby at Stalbridge endowed the school to teach twenty poor boys of Chetnowle,
Leigh and Yetminster | 10.8 km SW | | | | | Hotels | 
The Grange Hotel Oborne, Dorset DT9 4LA | | 1.5 km SW | | Antelope Hotel
Greenhill, Dorset DT9 4EP | | 3.3 km SE | | Eastbury Hotel
Long St, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3BY | | 3.6 km SE | | Cross Keys Hotel
88 Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3BJ | | 3.7 km SE | | The Half Moon Inn
Half Moon St, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3LN | | 3.7 km SE | | Britannia Inn
Westbury, Dorset DT9 3EH | | 3.9 km SE | | Sherborne Hotel
Horsecastles Lane, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 6BB | | 4.1 km SE | | | | | Public Houses | | The Gainsborough Arms
74 Gainsborough, Milborne Port, Dorset DT9 5BB | | 2.3 km SW |  | The Mitre Inn
rd Orcas, Dorset DT9 4RU | | 2.6 km NE | | The Mermaid
Sherborne, Dorset DT9 4JD | | 2.9 km SE | | The Queens Arms Inn
Denham, Dorset DT9 4LR | | 2.9 km NE | | The Queens Head
High St, Milborne Port, Dorset DT9 5DQ | | 3.1 km SW | | The George Hotel
Higher Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3JD | | 3.3 km SE | | Kings Arms
on Horethorne, Dorset DT9 4NL | | 3.4 km NW | | The White Hart
2 Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3PX | | 3.5 km SE |
SANDFORD ORCAS is about 3 km to the west of the village via the tiny farming hamlet of Holway.
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