Cheselbourne

Other current and historical names

Cheselborne
Chesilborne
Ceseburne

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 50°47'40"N 2°20'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 376500, 99500
OS Grid: SY765995
Mapcode Local: GBR 0YP.4HX
Mapcode Global: FRA 660Z.S80

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

Cheselbourne in historic gazetteers

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

Chesilborne, par., mid. Dorset, 8 miles NE. of Dorchester, 2988 ac., pop. 353.

Cheselbourne in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Shaftesbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Shaftesbury
- Taxable Value: 16 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1070; £16 in 1086
- Households: 21 villagers; 10 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Pasture: 1 ¹⁄₂ leagues
- Mills: 1, value 15 shillings

British Place Names

Cheselbourne, Dorset

Cheselbourne is a settlement in Dorset

Cheselbourne in historic gazetteers

Cheselbourne in the Domesday Book