Corscombe in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury
  • Taxable Value: 9 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 1 slave; 7 other households
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 1 mixed measure
  • Pasture: 9 furlongs
  • Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Lestre (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 7 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Woodland: 1 furlong
  • Pasture: 1 furlong

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aldwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Woodland: 2 furlongs
  • Pasture: ¹⁄₂ furlong