Turnworth

Other current and historical names

Torneworde

Parish/Community: Turnworth
District/Borough: North Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°52'20"N 2°15'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 381747, 108133
OS Grid: ST817081
Mapcode Local: GBR 0XT.C6R
Mapcode Global: FRA 664S.R1V

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

Turnworth in historic gazetteers

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

Turnworth, par., Dorset, 4½ miles NW. of Blandford, 1560 ac., pop. 115; P.O.; contains Turnworth House, seat.

Turnworth in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwy son of Banna
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of 'Spain'
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of 'Spain'
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 8 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 10 furlongs
- Pasture: 10 furlongs

British Place Names

Turnworth, Dorset

Turnworth is a hamlet in Dorset

Turnworth in historic gazetteers

Turnworth in the Domesday Book