Mapperton

Other current and historical names

Mapperton North
North Mapperton

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°47'46"N 2°42'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 350327, 99862
OS Grid: SY503998
Mapcode Local: GBR ML.Z07H
Mapcode Global: FRA 566Z.RJ0

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

Mapperton in historic gazetteers

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

Mapperton.-- par., Dorset, 2½ miles SE. of Beaminster, 804 ac., pop. 103; contains Mapperton House, seat.

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

Mapperton, North, hamlet, Beaminster par., Dorset.

Mapperton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Mohun
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Mohun
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 7 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 6 furlongs
- Pasture: 12 acres
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 14 cattle; 16 pigs; 30 goats; 2 cobs; 47 wethers
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, seven
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 5 furlongs
- Pasture: 1 mixed measure

British Place Names

Mapperton, Dorset

Mapperton is a hamlet in Dorset

Mapperton in historic gazetteers

Mapperton in the Domesday Book