Oborne

Other current and historical names

Wocburne

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°57'53"N 2°29'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 365495, 118489
OS Grid: ST654184
Mapcode Local: GBR MW.MD8D
Mapcode Global: FRA 56NK.JP9

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

Oborne in historic gazetteers

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

Oborne, par., Dorset, 1½ mile NE. of Sherborne, 593 ac., pop. 143; P.O.

Oborne in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 4 acres

British Place Names

Oborne, Dorset

Oborne is a village in Dorset

Oborne in historic gazetteers

Oborne in the Domesday Book