Mappowder

Other current and historical names

Mapledre

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°51'13"N 2°22'29"W
Eastings/Northings: 373708, 106102
OS Grid: ST737061
Mapcode Local: GBR 0XW.DD2
Mapcode Global: FRA 56XV.2MN

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

Mappowder in historic gazetteers

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

Mappowder, par., Dorset, 6 miles NE. of Cerne Abbas, 1887 ac., pop. 226.

Mappowder in the Domesday Book

A village in Buckland [Newton] hundred, in the county of Dorset.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Bolla the priest; Thanes, seven
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bolla the priest
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bolla the priest
- Taxable Value: 5 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; 12 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 slave
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
3rd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfward; Almer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Eu
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh Maltravers (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; 7 shillings in 1086
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 5 acres

British Place Names

Mappowder, Dorset

Mappowder is a village in Dorset

Mappowder in historic gazetteers

Mappowder in the Domesday Book