Mosterton

Other current and historical names

Mortestorne

Built-Up Area: Mosterton
Parish/Community: Mosterton
District/Borough: West Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°50'47"N 2°46'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 345917, 105512
OS Grid: ST459055
Mapcode Local: GBR MH.VVJN
Mapcode Global: FRA 562V.QV4

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

Mosterton in historic gazetteers

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

Mosterton, par. and vil., Dorset, on river Axe, 3 miles NW. of Beaminster, 958 ac., pop. 321; P.O.

Mosterton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard of Reviers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard of Reviers
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Mills: 1, value 7/4¾

British Place Names

Mosterton, Dorset

Mosterton is a village in Dorset

Mosterton in historic gazetteers

Mosterton in the Domesday Book