Winterborne Houghton
Winterborne Houghton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England.It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the Dorset Downs, 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Blandford Forum.In his book Dorset Villages Roland Gant posits the theory that Thomas Hardy used this tale as inspiration for the scene where Joseph Poorgrass gets lost in Yalbury Wood in Far from the Madding Crowd.[5] The Church of St Andrew, grade II listed since 1955,[6] was designed by Thomas Henry Wyatt and built during 1861–62.It has a simple plan with nave, chancel, north aisle and south porch.