Burstock

Other current and historical names

Bureuuinestoch

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°49'11"N 2°49'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 342184, 102567
OS Grid: ST421025
Mapcode Local: GBR MF.XLTR
Mapcode Global: FRA 46ZX.VRM

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

Burstock in historic gazetteers

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

Burstock, par., NW. Dorset, on border of co., 4½ miles NW. of Beaminster, 913 ac., pop. 190.

Burstock in the Domesday Book

A village in Whitchurch [Canonicorum] hundred, in the county of Dorset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thane, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Malbank (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Pasture: 2 furlongs

British Place Names

Burstock, Dorset

Burstock is a hamlet in Dorset

Burstock in historic gazetteers

Burstock in the Domesday Book