{{Short description|Village in Dorset, England}} {{redirect-distinguish|Ryme|Rhyme (disambiguation){{!}}Rhyme|Rime (disambiguation){{!}}Rime}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image_name = Cottage at Ryme Intrinseca - geograph.org.uk - 405864.jpg |static_image_caption = Cottages in Ryme Intrinseca |country = England |official_name = Ryme Intrinseca |map_type = Dorset |coordinates = {{coord|50.8959|-2.5965|display=inline,title}} |population = 125 |population_ref = (2021 census) |unitary_england = [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]] |post_town = SHERBORNE |postcode_area = DT |postcode_district = DT9 |dial_code = 01935 |region = South West England |constituency_westminster = [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]] |os_grid_reference = ST582108 }}
'''Ryme Intrinseca''' ({{IPAc-en|pron|ˌ|r|aɪ|m|_|ɪ|n|ˈ|t|r|ɪ|n|z|ᵻ|k|ə}}) is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in northwest [[Dorset]], [[England]], {{convert|4|mi|km}} south of [[Yeovil]] and {{convert|1|mi|km}} west of [[Yetminster]]. It is sited on a low ridge of [[cornbrash]] limestone on the edge of the [[Blackmore Vale]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Ralph Wightman|author-link=Ralph Wightman|title=Portrait of Dorset|year=1983|edition=4|page=145|ISBN=0 7090 0844 9}}</ref> In the 2021 census the parish had a population of 125.
The church at Ryme Intrinseca, which dates back to the 13th century, is dedicated to [[Saint Hippolytus of Rome|St. Hippolytus]] and there are only two churches dedicated as such in England: cf. [[St Ippolyts]], a village on the southern edge of Hitchin in Hertfordshire. The chancel and nave of the church are basically from the 13th century, but architecturally the most interesting features lie in the unusual 17th-century work which includes the east window and most of the windows in the nave, (including the little [[trefoil]] placed high to light the pulpit). Also from the early 17th century is the tower, with its intricate profile caused by the projecting stairway. There is an alms dish in the church which was lost in 1873 and found its way back to Dorset from [[Bideford]] in [[Devon]] in 1938.
Ryme once constituted a separate [[Liberty (division)|liberty]], containing only the parish itself.
==Toponymy== ''Ryme'' derives from "rim", in the sense of "edge", "border" or "ridge", and may refer to the village's situation on a ridge between two tributaries of the Yeo vale,<ref name=DorsetLife2012>{{cite news |title=Bradford Abbas and Ryme Intrinseca {{!}} Dorset Life - The Dorset Magazine |url=http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2012/05/bradford-abbas-and-ryme-intrinseca/ |work=Dorset Life |issue=May 2012}}</ref> or to the contrast between the vale and the steep rise of the [[Dorset Downs]] to the south.<ref name=threevalley>{{Cite web|url=http://www.threevalleysteam.org/index.php/ryme-intrinseca|title=Ryme Intrinseca|website=www.threevalleysteam.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024133032/http://www.threevalleysteam.org/index.php/ryme-intrinseca |archive-date=24 October 2023 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
''Intrinseca means'' "within". [[John Hutchins (antiquary)|John Hutchins]] suggests that the name arose in the 15th century, when the [[Manorialism|manor]] of Ryme was in the possession of [[John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester|John Tiptoft]], who acquired parcels of land throughout Dorset, notably Hallynges in [[Long Bredy]]. Hutchins therefore says that Ryme Intrinseca (or In Ryme) refers to land within Ryme manor, in contrast to Ryme ''Extrinsecus'' (or Out Ryme) referring to the additional possessions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hutchins |first1=John |title=The history and antiquities of the county of Dorset |date=1774 |publisher=W. Bowyer and J. Nichols |location=London |pages=484-485 |url=https://archive.org/details/b30456496_0002/page/484/mode/2up?q=intrinseca}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=swuklink: Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset |url=http://www.swuklink.com/BAAAGCBW.php |website=www.swuklink.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041017082756/http://www.swuklink.com/BAAAGCBW.php |archive-date=17 October 2004 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> The latter name is now extinct.<ref name=DorsetLife2012/>
==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Census population of Ryme Intrinseca parish |- ! scope=col width=18%| Census ! scope=col width=18% class="unsortable"| Population ! scope=col width=18% class="unsortable"| Female ! scope=col width=18% class="unsortable"| Male ! scope=col width=18% class="unsortable"| Households ! scope=col width=10% class="unsortable"| Source |- !scope=row| [[1921 United Kingdom census|1921]] || 152 || || || || <ref name="wikidata-eb18d79a9fd3bb702bc7b84fcdea3e4defad0bb4-v20">{{Cite web|publisher=Dorset County Council|title=Past population - Parishes (M-Z), 1921-2001- Census Years|url=http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043|archive-date=6 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906154811/http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043}}</ref> |- !scope=row| [[1931 United Kingdom census|1931]] || 149 || || || || <ref name="wikidata-eb18d79a9fd3bb702bc7b84fcdea3e4defad0bb4-v20">{{Cite web|publisher=Dorset County Council|title=Past population - Parishes (M-Z), 1921-2001- Census Years|url=http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043|archive-date=6 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906154811/http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043}}</ref> |- !scope=row| [[1951 United Kingdom census|1951]] || 123 || || || || <ref name="wikidata-eb18d79a9fd3bb702bc7b84fcdea3e4defad0bb4-v20">{{Cite web|publisher=Dorset County Council|title=Past population - Parishes (M-Z), 1921-2001- Census Years|url=http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043|archive-date=6 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906154811/http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043}}</ref> |- !scope=row| [[1961 United Kingdom census|1961]] || 129 || || || || <ref name="wikidata-eb18d79a9fd3bb702bc7b84fcdea3e4defad0bb4-v20">{{Cite web|publisher=Dorset County Council|title=Past population - Parishes (M-Z), 1921-2001- Census Years|url=http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043|archive-date=6 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906154811/http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043}}</ref> |- !scope=row| [[1981 United Kingdom census|1981]] || 160 || || || || <ref name="wikidata-eb18d79a9fd3bb702bc7b84fcdea3e4defad0bb4-v20">{{Cite web|publisher=Dorset County Council|title=Past population - Parishes (M-Z), 1921-2001- Census Years|url=http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043|archive-date=6 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906154811/http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043}}</ref> |- !scope=row| [[1991 United Kingdom census|1991]] || 130 || || || || <ref name="wikidata-eb18d79a9fd3bb702bc7b84fcdea3e4defad0bb4-v20">{{Cite web|publisher=Dorset County Council|title=Past population - Parishes (M-Z), 1921-2001- Census Years|url=http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043|archive-date=6 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906154811/http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043}}</ref> |- !scope=row| [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001]] || 130 || 65 || 65 || 57 || <ref name="wikidata-a08218995ada6ed07e35f13524a292a4b6851935-v20">{{Cite web|at=Tables KS001 (Usual resident population) and KS016 (Household spaces and accommodation type)|publisher=Office for National Statistics|title=Key Statistics|access-date=23 June 2025|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2001_ks}}</ref> |- !scope=row| [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011]] || 115 || 62 || 53 || 57 || <ref name="wikidata-23d93403bbd510e3eaf857bb0207b766770d8bc9-v20">{{Cite web|at=Table KS101EW (Usual resident population) and Table KS105EW (Household composition)|publisher=Office for National Statistics|title=Key Statistics|access-date=23 June 2025|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks}}</ref> |- !scope=row| [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021]] || 125 || 70 || 55 || 59 || <ref name="wikidata-1777794f031f3bb865bc1ba87bbd53bc9876131c-v20">{{Cite web|publisher=Office for National Statistics|title=Parish Profiles|access-date=5 August 2024|website=2021 United Kingdom census|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_pp}}</ref> |}
==See also== *[[List of liberties in Dorset]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commonscatinline}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080807161549/http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/rymeintrinseca.htm St. Hippolytus' Church]
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