Knowlton

Other current and historical names

Chenoltone

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°53'38"N 1°57'56"W
Eastings/Northings: 402500, 110500
OS Grid: SU025105
Mapcode Local: GBR 41T.V4F
Mapcode Global: FRA 66RR.5YR

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

Knowlton in historic gazetteers

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

Knowlton.-- hundred, Dorset, in NE. of co., 7337 ac., pop. 1031; contains 3 pars.

Knowlton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansger the Breton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 1 slave
- Mills: 1, value 12/4¾
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £50 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 30 smallholders; 1 cottager; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 16 men's ploughs (24 plough lands)
- Meadow: 80 acres
- Woodland: 3 leagues
- Pasture: 3 leagues
- Mills: 4, value £2 10/-
- Animals in 1086: 50 pigs; 6 goats; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Knowlton, Dorset

Knowlton is a hamlet in Dorset

Knowlton in historic gazetteers

Knowlton in the Domesday Book