Ashmore

Other current and historical names

Aisemare
Aisema

Parish/Community: Ashmore
District/Borough: North Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°57'35"N 2°7'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 391290, 117830
OS Grid: ST912178
Mapcode Local: GBR 1Y5.PH6
Mapcode Global: FRA 66FK.XFC

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ashmore within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ashmore in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ashmore, par., N. Dorset, 5 miles SE. of Shaftesbury, 2335 ac., pop. 275; P.O.

Ashmore in the Domesday Book

A village in Cranborne hundred, in the county of Dorset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric son of Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1070; £15 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 6 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 2 leagues
- Pasture: 10 furlongs
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 27 pigs; 50 goats; 3 cobs

British Place Names

Ashmore, Dorset

Ashmore is a village in Dorset

Ashmore in historic gazetteers

Ashmore in the Domesday Book