Broadwindsor

Other current and historical names

Broadwinsor
Windesore
Hursey

Built-Up Area: Broadwindsor
Parish/Community: Broadwindsor
District/Borough: West Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°49'11"N 2°47'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 343839, 102570
OS Grid: ST438025
Mapcode Local: GBR MG.XLSL
Mapcode Global: FRA 560X.ZF7

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

Broadwindsor in historic gazetteers

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

Broadwinsor, par., liberty, and vil., W. Dorset, 3 miles NW. of Beaminster, 6214 ac., pop. 1256; P.O., T.O.

Broadwindsor in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bondi the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hundger son of Odin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hundger son of Odin
- Taxable Value: 20 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1070; £20 in 1086
- Households: 38 villagers; 12 smallholders; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 16 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 30 furlongs
- Pasture: 8 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hundger son of Odin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hundger son of Odin
- Taxable Value: 1 geld

British Place Names

Broadwindsor, Dorset

Broadwindsor is a village in Dorset

Broadwindsor in historic gazetteers

Broadwindsor in the Domesday Book