Corton

Other current and historical names

Cortitone

Built-Up Area: Corton
Parish/Community: Boyton
Unitary Authority: East Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°9'50"N 2°5'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 393433, 140537
OS Grid: ST934405
Mapcode Local: GBR 2X0.YYC
Mapcode Global: VH97Q.MZNZ

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

Corton in historic gazetteers

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

Corton, hamlet, Boyton par., S. Wilts, 1 mile S. of Heytesbury.

Corton in the Domesday Book

A village in Heytesbury hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Dene
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh the ass
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Pasture: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value £1

British Place Names

Corton, East Dorset

Corton is a village in East Dorset

Corton in historic gazetteers

Corton in the Domesday Book