# Ryme Intrinseca

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Village in Dorset, England

"Ryme" redirects here; not to be confused with [Rhyme](/source/Rhyme_(disambiguation)) or [Rime](/source/Rime_(disambiguation)).

Human settlement in England

Ryme Intrinseca Cottages in Ryme Intrinseca Ryme Intrinseca Location within Dorset Population 125 (2021 census) OS grid reference ST582108 Unitary authority Dorset Ceremonial county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town SHERBORNE Postcode district DT9 Dialling code 01935 Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament West Dorset List of places UK England Dorset 50°53′45″N 2°35′47″W / 50.8959°N 2.5965°W / 50.8959; -2.5965

**Ryme Intrinseca** ( [/ˌraɪm ɪnˈtrɪnzɪkə/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English)) is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in northwest [Dorset](/source/Dorset), [England](/source/England), 4 miles (6.4 km) south of [Yeovil](/source/Yeovil) and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of [Yetminster](/source/Yetminster). It is sited on a low ridge of [cornbrash](/source/Cornbrash) limestone on the edge of the [Blackmore Vale](/source/Blackmore_Vale).[1] 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 [St. Hippolytus](/source/Saint_Hippolytus_of_Rome) and there are only two churches dedicated as such in England: cf. [St Ippolyts](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Bideford) in [Devon](/source/Devon) in 1938.

Ryme once constituted a separate [liberty](/source/Liberty_(division)), 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,[2] or to the contrast between the vale and the steep rise of the [Dorset Downs](/source/Dorset_Downs) to the south.[3]

*Intrinseca means* "within". [John Hutchins](/source/John_Hutchins_(antiquary)) suggests that the name arose in the 15th century, when the [manor](/source/Manorialism) of Ryme was in the possession of [John Tiptoft](/source/John_Tiptoft%2C_1st_Earl_of_Worcester), who acquired parcels of land throughout Dorset, notably Hallynges in [Long Bredy](/source/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.[4][5] The latter name is now extinct.[2]

## Demographics

Census population of Ryme Intrinseca parish Census Population Female Male Households Source 1921 152 [6] 1931 149 [6] 1951 123 [6] 1961 129 [6] 1981 160 [6] 1991 130 [6] 2001 130 65 65 57 [7] 2011 115 62 53 57 [8] 2021 125 70 55 59 [9]

## See also

- [List of liberties in Dorset](/source/List_of_liberties_in_Dorset)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Ralph Wightman](/source/Ralph_Wightman) (1983). *Portrait of Dorset* (4 ed.). p. 145. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0 7090 0844 9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0_7090_0844_9).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DorsetLife2012_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DorsetLife2012_2-1) ["Bradford Abbas and Ryme Intrinseca | Dorset Life - The Dorset Magazine"](http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2012/05/bradford-abbas-and-ryme-intrinseca/). *Dorset Life*. No. May 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-threevalley_3-0)** ["Ryme Intrinseca"](https://web.archive.org/web/20231024133032/http://www.threevalleysteam.org/index.php/ryme-intrinseca). *www.threevalleysteam.org*. Archived from [the original](http://www.threevalleysteam.org/index.php/ryme-intrinseca) on 24 October 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Hutchins, John (1774). [*The history and antiquities of the county of Dorset*](https://archive.org/details/b30456496_0002/page/484/mode/2up?q=intrinseca). London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols. pp. 484–485.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["swuklink: Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset"](https://web.archive.org/web/20041017082756/http://www.swuklink.com/BAAAGCBW.php). *www.swuklink.com*. Archived from the original on 17 October 2004.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wikidata-eb18d79a9fd3bb702bc7b84fcdea3e4defad0bb4-v20_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wikidata-eb18d79a9fd3bb702bc7b84fcdea3e4defad0bb4-v20_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-wikidata-eb18d79a9fd3bb702bc7b84fcdea3e4defad0bb4-v20_6-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-wikidata-eb18d79a9fd3bb702bc7b84fcdea3e4defad0bb4-v20_6-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-wikidata-eb18d79a9fd3bb702bc7b84fcdea3e4defad0bb4-v20_6-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-wikidata-eb18d79a9fd3bb702bc7b84fcdea3e4defad0bb4-v20_6-5) ["Past population - Parishes (M-Z), 1921-2001- Census Years"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120906154811/http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043). Dorset County Council. Archived from [the original](http://www.dorsetforyou.com/345043) on 6 September 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-a08218995ada6ed07e35f13524a292a4b6851935-v20_7-0)** ["Key Statistics"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2001_ks). Office for National Statistics. Tables KS001 (Usual resident population) and KS016 (Household spaces and accommodation type). Retrieved 23 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-23d93403bbd510e3eaf857bb0207b766770d8bc9-v20_8-0)** ["Key Statistics"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks). Office for National Statistics. Table KS101EW (Usual resident population) and Table KS105EW (Household composition). Retrieved 23 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-1777794f031f3bb865bc1ba87bbd53bc9876131c-v20_9-0)** ["Parish Profiles"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_pp). *2021 United Kingdom census*. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

## External links

- Media related to [Ryme Intrinseca](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ryme_Intrinseca) at Wikimedia Commons

- [St. Hippolytus' Church](https://web.archive.org/web/20080807161549/http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/rymeintrinseca.htm)

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