Herringston Farm House

Herringston Farm House

Situated south of Herringston House and to the west of the Preston to Dorchester Road, the farm is often identified by name in census returns or church register entries. So far the following residents have been identified:

• 1851 (Census)
• Address: Winterborne Herringstone
• Who: James & Ann Vincent and 4 children
• Occupation: Agricultural Bailiff
• Birthplaces: Dorset (James and Ann) and Devon (children)
• Servants in house?: 0


• 1861 (Census)
• Address: Farm House
• Who: James & Ann Vincent and 2 children (Ann was a visitor at Herringston House on census night)
• Occupation: Farm Bailiff
• Birthplaces: Dorset
• Servants in house?: 0


• 1871 (Census)
• Address: Winterborne Herringstone
• Who: Thomas & Harriett Payne and 7 children
• Occupation: Farm Bailiff
• Birthplaces: Piddletrenthide, Dorset, bar 1-year old son, born Came
• Servants in house?: 0


• 1881 (Census)
• Address: Farm House
• Who: Edward & Jane Jackson
• Occupation: Farmer of 433 acres
• Birthplaces: Dorset and Staffordshire
• Servants in house?: 1
• Workforce: 9 men and 4 boys


• 1885 & 1887 (Baptism Register)
• Edward Jackson, Farmer, & Jane Elizabeth Jackson, Herringston


• 1891 (Census)
• Address: Herringston Farm House
• Who: William & Mary Ann Lowman and 2 children
• Occupation: Farm Manager
• Birthplaces: Dorset
• Servants in house?: 0


• 1901 (Census)
• Address: Herringstone
• Who: Robert Burrough and Susan Freeyard White
• Occupation: Yeoman
• Birthplaces: Devon and Dorset
• Servants in house?: 0


• 1915 (Kelly's Directory)
• Who: Robert B White
• Occupation: Farmer