Tolpuddle

Other current and historical names

Pidele

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°45'1"N 2°17'34"W
Eastings/Northings: 379426, 94579
OS Grid: SY794945
Mapcode Local: GBR 0Z4.WLL
Mapcode Global: FRA 6723.BHX

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

Tolpuddle in historic gazetteers

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

Tolpuddle, par. and vil., Dorset, 7 miles NE. of Dorchester, 2039 ac., pop. 305.

Tolpuddle in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Abbotsbury St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Abbotsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Abbotsbury
- Taxable Value: 18 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 4 slaves; 14 other households
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 furlongs
- Pasture: 18 furlongs
- Mills: 2, value £1
- Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Tolpuddle, Dorset

Tolpuddle is a village in Dorset

Tolpuddle in historic gazetteers

Tolpuddle in the Domesday Book