Farnham in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thane, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aiulf the chamberlain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aiulf the chamberlain
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Woodland: 3 furlongs
  • Pasture: 10 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgeat
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Odo son of Everbold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo son of Everbold
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs (2 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 3 furlongs
  • Pasture: 10 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Shaftesbury St Edward & St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Shaftesbury
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Grip's wife Hawise (subinfeudated); Aiulf the chamberlain (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Shaftesbury St Edward & St Mary
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thane, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aiulf the chamberlain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aiulf the chamberlain
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
  • Woodland: 2 furlongs
  • Pasture: 1 furlong

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Shaftesbury St Edward & St Mary
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Grip's wife Hawise
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Farnham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Pasture: 1 ¹⁄₂ furlongs
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cow; 6 pigs; 20 goats