Frampton

Other current and historical names

Frompton
Frantone

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°45'16"N 2°31'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 362725, 95141
OS Grid: SY627951
Mapcode Local: GBR PW.BT0J
Mapcode Global: FRA 57L2.VNC

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

Frampton in historic gazetteers

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

Frampton.-- par. and vil. (ry. sta. Grimstone and Frampton), W. Dorset, on river Frome, 5 miles NW. of Dorchester, 3508 ac., pop. 421; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Frampton Court.

Frampton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Gytha of Wessex
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Caen Saint-Etienne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Caen Saint-Etienne
- Taxable Value: 27 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £40 in 1070; £40 in 1086
- Households: 24 smallholders; 6 cottagers; 27 slaves
- Plough Teams: 7 lord's ploughs; 14 men's ploughs (25 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 67 acres
- Woodland: 8 furlongs
- Pasture: 1 ¹⁄₂ leagues
- Mills: 2, value £1

British Place Names

Frampton, Dorset

Frampton is a village in Dorset

Frampton in historic gazetteers

Frampton in the Domesday Book