Portesham

Other current and historical names

Portisham

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°40'12"N 2°33'50"W
Eastings/Northings: 360241, 85768
OS Grid: SY602857
Mapcode Local: GBR PV.CHM2
Mapcode Global: FRA 57J9.LXJ

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

Portesham in historic gazetteers

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

Portisham, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Portesham), Dorset, in S. of co.- par., 4540 ac., pop. 705; vil., 6 miles SW. of Dorchester; P.O.; on an eminence near the vil. is a tower to the memory of Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy (1769-1839), a native of the par., who served with Nelson.

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

Portesham, ry. sta., Dorset. See PORTISHAM.

Portesham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Abbotsbury St Peter
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Grip's wife Hawise; Abbey of Abbotsbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Grip's wife Hawise; Abbey of Abbotsbury
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 10 smallholders; 12 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Pasture: 1 mixed measure
- Mills: 1, value 9½d
- Animals in 1086: 13 cattle; 20 pigs; 3 cobs

British Place Names

Portesham, Dorset

Portesham is a village in Dorset

Portesham in historic gazetteers

Portesham in the Domesday Book