Woodsford

Other current and historical names

Woodford
Wardesford
Werdesford
Werdesfort

Parish/Community: Woodsford
District/Borough: West Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°42'48"N 2°20'17"W
Eastings/Northings: 376229, 90493
OS Grid: SY762904
Mapcode Local: GBR 0ZN.3PT
Mapcode Global: FRA 57Z6.4YJ

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

Woodsford in historic gazetteers

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

Woodsford, par., in S. of Dorset, 4½ miles E. of Dorchester, 1742 ac., pop. 183.

Woodsford in the Domesday Book

A village in Winfrith [Newburgh] hundred, in the county of Dorset.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Cerne St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Cerne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Brictwin the reeve (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Animals in 1086: 4 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofgar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Bellett
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Bellett
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 28 acres
- Pasture: 12 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 6 shillings

British Place Names

Woodsford, Dorset

Woodsford is a hamlet in Dorset

Woodsford in historic gazetteers

Woodsford in the Domesday Book