Dewlish

Other current and historical names

Devenis

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°46'59"N 2°19'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 377485, 98235
OS Grid: SY774982
Mapcode Local: GBR 0YQ.VF2
Mapcode Global: FRA 6700.RPK

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

Dewlish in historic gazetteers

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

Dewlish, par. and liberty, Dorset, 8 miles NE. of Dorchester -- par., 2090 ac., pop. 457; liberty, pop. 480; P.O.; contains the seat of Dewlish Hall.

Dewlish in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric son of Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: 15 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £23 in 1070; £23 in 1086
- Households: 19 villagers; 6 smallholders; 13 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 6 furlongs
- Pasture: 23 furlongs

British Place Names

Dewlish, Dorset

Dewlish is a village in Dorset

Dewlish in historic gazetteers

Dewlish in the Domesday Book