Porton

Other current and historical names

Portone
Poertone

Built-Up Area: Porton
Parish/Community: Idmiston
Unitary Authority: East Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°7'42"N 1°43'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 418838, 136613
OS Grid: SU188366
Mapcode Local: GBR 50R.0XF
Mapcode Global: VHB5K.XWMS

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

Porton in historic gazetteers

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

Porton, hamlet with ry. sta., Idmiston par., Wilts, 5¼ miles NE. of Salisbury.

Porton in the Domesday Book

A village in Alderbury hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric the hunter's father
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Wulfric the hunter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfric the hunter
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 slave; 3 other households
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Pasture: 3 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: God
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Peter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 1 slave
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Pasture: 50 sheep
- Mills: 1, value 2/7¼

British Place Names

Porton, East Dorset

Porton is a village in East Dorset

Porton in historic gazetteers

Porton in the Domesday Book