Ranston

Other current and historical names

Iwerne

Built-Up Area: Iwerne Courtney
Parish/Community: Iwerne Courtney or Shroton
District/Borough: North Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 50°54'42"N 2°11'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 386500, 112500
OS Grid: ST865125
Mapcode Local: GBR 1YN.Q8N
Mapcode Global: FRA 669P.MB3

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

Ranston in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brothers, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Gerald
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 5 furlongs
- Pasture: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

British Place Names

Ranston, Dorset

Ranston is a settlement in Iwerne Courtney, Dorset

Ranston in the Domesday Book