Bloxworth

Other current and historical names

Newport
Blocheshorde
Woodlake

Parish/Community: Bloxworth
District/Borough: Purbeck
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°45'4"N 2°10'6"W
Eastings/Northings: 388212, 94632
OS Grid: SY882946
Mapcode Local: GBR 20M.YBK
Mapcode Global: FRA 67B3.C06

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

Bloxworth in historic gazetteers

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

Bloxworth, par., SE. Dorset, 5 miles NW. of Wareham, 2776 ac., pop. 261; P.O.

Bloxworth in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Cerne St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Cerne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Cerne
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 10/- in 1070; £7 10/- in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 9 smallholders; 7 cottagers; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 8 acres
- Pasture: 8 furlongs
- Animals in 1086: 17 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Bloxworth, Dorset

Bloxworth is a village in Dorset

Bloxworth in historic gazetteers

Bloxworth in the Domesday Book