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Other current and historical names

Welle, Wille

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°40'45"N 2°13'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 384639, 86656
OS Grid: SY846866
Mapcode Local: GBR 21J.9W1
Mapcode Global: FRA 6778.WZ4

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

Wool in historic gazetteers

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

Wool, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in SE. of Dorset - par., 2550 ac., pop. 509; vil., on river Frome, 5 miles W. of Wareham; P.O.

Wool in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Mauger of Carteret (subinfeudated); Bretel de Sancto Claro (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 2/12 in 1070; £1 2/12 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 6 other households
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Pasture: 5 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward the reeve
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alward the reeve
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alward the reeve
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 7 ¹⁄₂ acres
- Pasture: 2 acres
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward the reeve
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Almer the beadle
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer the beadle
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Wool, Dorset

Wool is a village in Dorset

Wool in historic gazetteers

Wool in the Domesday Book