Hooke

Other current and historical names

Hook
Lahoc

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°47'56"N 2°39'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 353538, 100148
OS Grid: ST535001
Mapcode Local: GBR MM.YZPV
Mapcode Global: FRA 569Z.K85

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

Hooke in historic gazetteers

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

Hook.-- par., W. Dorset, on river Froom, 4 miles SE. of Beaminster, 1237 ac., pop. 154.

Hooke in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Lestre (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs
- Pasture: 5 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 6 shillings

British Place Names

Hooke, Dorset

Hooke is a village in Dorset

Hooke in historic gazetteers

Hooke in the Domesday Book