Witchampton

Other current and historical names

Wickhampton
Wichamatuna
Wichemetune

Parish/Community: Witchampton
District/Borough: East Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°51'23"N 2°0'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 398933, 106343
OS Grid: ST989063
Mapcode Local: GBR 310.7A4
Mapcode Global: FRA 66NT.XX3

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

Witchampton in historic gazetteers

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

Witchampton, par. and vil., Dorset, in W. of co.- par., 1481 ac., pop. 512; vil., 5 miles NW. of Wimborne; P.O., T.O.; has the Witchampton papermills.

Witchampton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 4 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 15 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 6 furlongs
- Pasture: 5 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 2 cows; 2 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thane, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hubert of St Clair (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 2 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Witchampton, Dorset

Witchampton is a village in Dorset

Witchampton in historic gazetteers

Witchampton in the Domesday Book