Westwood

Other current and historical names

Westwode
Avoncliff
Westwood Cum Iford
Westwood With Iford

Built-Up Area: Westwood
Parish/Community: Westwood
Unitary Authority: East Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°19'51"N 2°16'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 380901, 159124
OS Grid: ST809591
Mapcode Local: GBR 0R6.FHZ
Mapcode Global: VH96V.HTW3

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

Westwood in historic gazetteers

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

Westwood with Iford, par., Wilts, 2 miles SW. of Bradford, 813 ac., pop. 516.

Westwood in the Domesday Book

A village in Bradford hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Winchester St Peter & St Swithun
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 4 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Westwood, East Dorset

Westwood is a village in East Dorset

Westwood in historic gazetteers

Westwood in the Domesday Book