Askerswell

Other current and historical names

Oscherwille

Parish/Community: Askerswell
District/Borough: West Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°43'57"N 2°40'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 352909, 92777
OS Grid: SY529927
Mapcode Local: GBR PR.BC9J
Mapcode Global: FRA 5794.N4Y

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

Askerswell in historic gazetteers

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

Askerswell, par., SW. Dorset, 5 miles E. of Bridport, 1161 ac., pop. 209; P.O.

Askerswell in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Tavistock St Mary & St Rumon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Tavistock
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Tavistock
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 17 smallholders; 4 slaves; 2 tributaries
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 9 acres
- Pasture: 15 furlongs
- Mills: 2, value 7 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 9 cattle; 13 pigs

British Place Names

Askerswell, Dorset

Askerswell is a village in Dorset

Askerswell in historic gazetteers

Askerswell in the Domesday Book