# Winterborne Came

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Civil parish in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England

Winterborne Came Came House, Winterborne Came Winterborne Came Location within Dorset Population 40 [1] OS grid reference SY706883 Unitary authority Dorset Ceremonial county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Dorchester Postcode district DT2 Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western List of places UK England Dorset 50°41′40″N 2°25′02″W / 50.6944°N 2.4173°W / 50.6944; -2.4173

**Winterborne Came** is a small dispersed settlement and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in the county of [Dorset](/source/Dorset) in [England](/source/England), situated in the west of the county, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the county town [Dorchester](/source/Dorchester%2C_Dorset). [Dorset County Council](/source/Dorset_County_Council)'s 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population was 40.[1]

Winterborne Came derives its name from the seasonal stream ('winterborne') by which it is sited, and from the town of [Caen](/source/Caen) in [France](/source/France), as it was once owned by the [Abbey of St. Stephen](/source/Abbey_of_Saint-%C3%89tienne%2C_Caen) there.[2] The parish consists of [Came House](/source/Came_House), built in 1754 in the [Palladian style](/source/Palladian_style),[3] the nearby [Perpendicular](/source/Perpendicular_Period) [St. Peter's Church](/source/St_Peter's_Church%2C_Winterborne_Came), a couple of farms, and an [old rectory](/source/Old_Came_Rectory) on the Dorchester to Wareham road, where for 25 years the Dorset dialect poet [William Barnes](/source/William_Barnes) lived when he was the incumbent rector. Barnes died in the rectory and is buried in the churchyard. About 100 metres west of the church is the site of the deserted village of [Winterborne Farringdon](/source/Winterborne_Farringdon), which has been depopulated since at least the 18th century.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dcc_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dcc_1-1) ["Parish Population Data"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151121135528/https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882). Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Archived from [the original](https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882) on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Treves, Sir F., *Highways and Byways in Dorset*, Macmillan, 1905, p362

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Gant, R., *Dorset Villages*, Hale 1980, p178

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