Stourpaine

Other current and historical names

Sture

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°53'4"N 2°12'1"W
Eastings/Northings: 386002, 109488
OS Grid: ST860094
Mapcode Local: GBR 1Z1.GHQ
Mapcode Global: FRA 668R.QLJ

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

Stourpaine in historic gazetteers

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

Stourpaine, par. and vil., Dorset, in N. of co.- par., 2305 ac., pop. 563; vil., on river Stour, 3 miles NW. of Blandford; P.O.

Stourpaine in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
- Taxable Value: 6 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 7 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Pasture: 8 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edward Lip
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Bellett
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Bellett
- Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld

British Place Names

Stourpaine, Dorset

Stourpaine is a village in Dorset

Stourpaine in historic gazetteers

Stourpaine in the Domesday Book