Thornford

Other current and historical names

Torneford

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°54'56"N 2°33'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 360350, 113053
OS Grid: ST603130
Mapcode Local: GBR MR.QRVK
Mapcode Global: FRA 56JP.6DT

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

Thornford in historic gazetteers

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

Thornford, par., Dorset, 3 miles SW. of Sherborne, 1407 ac., pop. 413; P.O.

Thornford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 7 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 10 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 12/4¾

British Place Names

Thornford, Dorset

Thornford is a village in Dorset

Thornford in historic gazetteers

Thornford in the Domesday Book