Wraxall

Other current and historical names

Higher Wraxall

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°48'41"N 2°37'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 356500, 101500
OS Grid: ST565015
Mapcode Local: GBR MP.YBC0
Mapcode Global: FRA 56DY.HL6

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

Wraxall in historic gazetteers

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

Wraxall.-- par., Dorset, 2½ miles NW. of Maiden Newton, 952 ac., pop. 97.

Wraxall in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer of Piddletrenthide
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Arundel
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated); Ralph (subinfeudated); William the goat (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 14 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £9 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 14 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 8 furlongs
- Pasture: 8 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 2 cows; 17 pigs

British Place Names

Wraxall, Dorset

Wraxall is a village in Dorset

Wraxall in historic gazetteers

Wraxall in the Domesday Book