Little Ringstead / Barret Ringstead / Rincteda / Ringstead Barrett / Ringstead Parva / Ringsted Barrett / Ringsted Parva / Little Ringstead / Little Ringsted

[NB: there appears to be some confusion in reading some early sources on the two Ringsteads, Magna and Parva. Chambers (1829) writes of two parishes (St. Andrew and St. Peter) in Magna, but "nothing worhty of observation" in Parva, aka Barret Ringstead -- other sources identify St. Andrew's with Magna and St. Peter's with Parva] There are five entries for Ringstead in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF7040/ringstead/] [accessed 7 April 2014], neither of which mention a church or cleric in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church of Ringstead Parva (called also Barret Ringstead) had anciently two medieties or portions; Richard de Boylound was patron of one, of which Nicholas was rector in Edward the First's time, and the heirs of Hamon Byrlingham were patrons of the other, the rector of which served the cure, and had no manse or land belonging to the church [...] the church was dedicated to St. Andrew. [...] 1526 [...] About this time it is called the church or free chapel of Ringstead Parva, valued at 66s. 8d. and has been dilapidated many years."