Powerstock

Other current and historical names

Poorstock
Povrestoch

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°45'48"N 2°41'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 351679, 96227
OS Grid: SY516962
Mapcode Local: GBR PR.86FN
Mapcode Global: FRA 5782.75V

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

Powerstock in historic gazetteers

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

Poorstock, par., liberty, and vil. with ry. sta. (Powerstock), Dorset - par., 4078 ac., pop. 821; liberty, pop. 357; vil., 5 miles NE. of Bridport; P.O.

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

Powerstock, ry. sta., Dorset, 5 miles NE. of Bridport. See POORSTOCK.

Powerstock in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer of Piddletrenthide
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Arundel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh Gosbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 9 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 13 acres
- Woodland: 11 furlongs
- Pasture: 15 furlongs
- Mills: 2, value 3 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 13 pigs; 16 goats; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Powerstock, Dorset

Powerstock is a village in Dorset

Powerstock in historic gazetteers

Powerstock in the Domesday Book