Charminster

Other current and historical names

Cerminstre

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°43'57"N 2°27'29"W
Eastings/Northings: 367768, 92665
OS Grid: SY677926
Mapcode Local: GBR PY.488F
Mapcode Global: FRA 57R4.L61

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

Charminster in historic gazetteers

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

Charminster, par. and vil., S. Dorset, 2 miles NW. of Dorchester, 4095 ac., pop. 1516; P.O., T.O.

Charminster in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: King William's reeve (subinfeudated); Bishop of Salisbury
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1070; £16 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 15 smallholders; 4 slaves; 3 burgesses
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
- Pasture: 1 mixed measure
- Mills: 1, value 6 shillings

British Place Names

Charminster, Dorset

Charminster is a village in Dorset

Charminster in historic gazetteers

Charminster in the Domesday Book