Grimstone, Dorset

Grimstone
The Royal Yeoman public house
Grimstone Location within Dorset
OS grid reference	SY639941
Civil parish	Stratton
Unitary authority	Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Dorchester
Postcode district	DT2
Dialling code	01305
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	West Dorset
Website	Stratton Dorset
List of places UK England Dorset 50°44′N 2°31′W / 50.73°N 2.52°W / 50.73; -2.52Coordinates: 50°44′N 2°31′W / 50.73°N 2.52°W / 50.73; -2.52

Grimstone is a hamlet at the confluence of Sydling Water and the River Frome in the western part of the civil parish of Stratton, Dorset.

The Great Western Railway opened Grimstone and Frampton railway station and Grimstone Viaduct in 1857 and British Railways closed the station in 1966.

The hamlet is the home of Manor Foods, a catering company located at Manor Farm.^[1]

Grimstone's common lands were not enclosed until 1907.^[2]

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  Former water mill

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  Muckleford Nature Reserve

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