Edmondsham

Other current and historical names

Amedesham
Medesham
Medessan

Parish/Community: Edmondsham
District/Borough: East Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°54'9"N 1°54'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 406219, 111456
OS Grid: SU062114
Mapcode Local: GBR 41W.968
Mapcode Global: FRA 66WQ.8LF

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

Edmondsham in historic gazetteers

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

Edmondsham, par. and seat, NE. Dorset, 1½ mile S. of Cranborne, 1671 ac., pop. 230.

Edmondsham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Doda the monk
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 8 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 5 furlongs
- Pasture: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Doda the monk
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 1 slave
- Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ acres
- Woodland: 5 furlongs
- Pasture: 8 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 2/4¾
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edeva (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)

British Place Names

Edmondsham, Dorset

Edmondsham is a village in Dorset

Edmondsham in historic gazetteers

Edmondsham in the Domesday Book