Manston

Other current and historical names

Manestone

Parish/Community: Manston
District/Borough: North Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°56'20"N 2°15'54"W
Eastings/Northings: 381471, 115535
OS Grid: ST814155
Mapcode Local: GBR 0X1.44P
Mapcode Global: FRA 664M.HCK

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

Manston in historic gazetteers

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

Manston.-- par., Dorset, on river Stour, 2 miles NE. of Sturminster Newton, 1323 ac., pop. 187; contains Manston House, seat.

Manston in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thrasemund of Manston
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Waleran the hunter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warengar of Hedingham (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 25 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs
- Mills: 2, value 12 shillings

British Place Names

Manston, Dorset

Manston is a village in Dorset

Manston in historic gazetteers

Manston in the Domesday Book