How many places are in the Domesday Book for Dorset?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 321 settlements in Dorset. Each entry documents the lord, land value, ploughlands, and population of the settlement.

What is the Domesday Book?

The Domesday Book is the great survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086. It recorded landholding, land value, and population across most of England, and remains the most complete survey of medieval England ever made.

Which county is Dorset in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Dorset appears under its historic county boundaries as they existed in 1086. The survey used the pre-Conquest administrative divisions rather than modern county boundaries.

How do I find my ancestor's village in the Dorset Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 321 Dorset settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Dorset

Dorset

321 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Dorset has 321 Domesday settlements. Aubrey has full historical records for all of them — here are the most notable by recorded value in 1086:

Wimborne

109.75 pounds in 1086

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A13 places

Abbotsbury Acton Adber Afflington Affpuddle Ailwood Allington Alton [Pancras]Ash Ashmore Askerswell Athelhampton Atrim

D5 places

Dewlish Didlington Dorchester Dudsbury Durweston

E2 places

Edmondsham Elworth

F12 places

Farnham Fifehead [Magdalen]Fifehead [Neville]Fifehead [St Quintin]Fleet Fontmell [Magna]Fordington Frampton Frome [Billet]Frome [St Quintin]Frome [Vauchurch]Frome [Whitfield]

G4 places

Galton Goathill Graston Gussage [All Saints]

H19 places

Hammoon Hampreston [Sixpenny] Handley Hanford Hawcombe Hemsworth Herston Hethfelton [Gold] Hill Hilton Hinton [Martell]Hinton [St Mary][East] Holme Holton Holwell Holworth Hooke Horton Hurpston

I5 places

Ibberton Ilsington Iwerne [Courtney]Iwerne [Stepleton]Iwerne Minster

K9 places

Kimmeridge [Higher and Lower] Kingcombe Kingston [Little] Kington and Kington [Magna]Kinson Knighton [West] Knighton [Church] Knowle Knowlton

L15 places

Langford Langton [Herring]Lazerton Leftisford Leigh Lewell Littlebredy Littleton Littlewindsor Litton [Cheney]?Long Bredy [East and West] Lulworth Lyme [Regis]Lyscombe Lytchett [Matravers]

N6 places

Netherbury Nettlecombe [Maiden] Newton [Sturminster] Newton Nutford [Higher and Lower] Nyland

O8 places

Oborne Odenham [Child] Okeford Okeford [Fitzpaine][East and West] Orchard Osmington Ower Owermoigne

R7 places

Radipole Rampisham Ranston Renscombe Ringstead Rollington Rushton

U1 place

Up Cerne

Y1 place

Yetminster

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