Poyntington

Other current and historical names

Pointington
Pointlngton

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°58'45"N 2°30'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 364788, 120110
OS Grid: ST647201
Mapcode Local: GBR MV.LPNY
Mapcode Global: FRA 56NJ.6QQ

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

Poyntington in historic gazetteers

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

Pointlngton (or Poyntington), par., Somerset, 3 miles NE. of Sherborne, 1020 ac., pop. 116.

Poyntington in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Adulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Lestre (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ acre
- Pasture: 20 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2/7¼
- Animals in 1086: 1 pig; 1 cob

British Place Names

Poyntington, Dorset

Poyntington is a village in Dorset

Poyntington in historic gazetteers

Poyntington in the Domesday Book