Dormston

Other current and historical names

Dormestun

Parish/Community: Dormston
District/Borough: Wychavon
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'55"N 2°1'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 398765, 257475
OS Grid: SO987574
Mapcode Local: GBR 2HK.082
Mapcode Global: VHB05.YK7Y

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

Dormston in historic gazetteers

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

Dormston, par., E. Worcestershire, 7½ miles SE. of Droitwich, 830 ac., pop. 101.

Dormston in the Domesday Book

A village in Pershore hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Waland
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William son of Corbucion (subinfeudated); Albert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 14 smallholders; 8 slaves; 1 female slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure

British Place Names

Dormston, Worcestershire

Dormston is a hamlet in Worcestershire

Dormston in historic gazetteers

Dormston in the Domesday Book