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Hammoon Ancient; 15th century thatched manor house.
Hampreston | Ham / a / e: King's land; Aiulf the Chamberlain; William Chernet from the wife of Hugh FitzGrip; Thorkel from the king. |
Parish on the outskirts of Bournemouth.
Hanford | Hanford: Count of Mortain. |
Hawcombe | Havocumbe: King's land; St. Stephen's of Caen. |
Part of Frampton.
Hemsworth | Hemedesworde / wrde: Humphrey the Chamberlain; Hubert from Count of Mortain. |
On the site of a Roman villa.
Herston | Herestune / a: Roger Arundel; Geoffrey Scullion. |
Hethfelton | Aelfatune Hafeltone: William de Braose. |
Hilton | Eltone: Abbotsbury Abbey. Mill. 400 sheep, 25 goats. |
Hinton Martell | Hinetone: King's land, formerly Countess Goda. 2 mills. |
Much developed.
Hinton St. Mary | Haintone: Shaftesbury Abbey. Mill. |
Ancient manor house.
Holton | Holtone: William de Braose. |
East Hilton Farm near Holton Heath.
Holwell (in Radipole) | Halegewelle: Count of Mortain. |
Holwell Farm.
Holworth | Holverde / a: Milton Abbey. 4 cows, 224 sheep. Sester of honey. |
Remote.
Hooke Ruins of ancient Hooke Court.
Horton 18th century folly, Horton Tower. The Duke of Monmouth was captured in a ditch nearby.
Hurpston | Herpere / a: Wife of Hugh FitzGrip. |
Locality; ancient Harp Stone.
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Ibberton | Abristetone / a: King's land. 4 cows. |
17th century manor house.
Ilsington | Elsangtone: Earl Hugh. Mill. |
Iwerne Courtney (or Shroten) | Werne: Baldwin the Sheriff. 2 mills. |
At the foot of 600ft Hambledon Hill (with its Iron Age fort), where General Wolfe trained his troops before scaling the Heights of Abraham to attack Quebec in 1759.
Iwerne Minster | Euneminstre: Shaftesbury Abbey. 3 mills. |
Iwerne Stepleton | Werne / Iwerna: William de Mohun. 282 sheep. |
17th century Stepleton House.
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Kimmeridge | Cameric: Cerne Abbey; Richard from William de Braose. 2 cows, 250 sheep. |
Pretty; oil well at Kimmeridge Bay.
Kingcombe | Chimedecombe: Arnulf de Hesdin; the king's thanes, the pre-Conquest holders. |
Possibly Higher Kingcombe.
Kingston (in Corfe Castle) | Chingestone: Shaftesbury Abbey. |
Kington | Chintone: Ketel from the king; Ranulf from Waleran; Arnulf de Hesdin. |
Now Kington Magna.
Knowlton | Chenoltone / una: King's land; Ansger from Count of Mortain. Mill. |
The Knowlton Circles, a sacred neolithic henge. The ruins of a 12th century church lie inside one circle, Knowlton Farm is circled by another.
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Langford | Langeford: St. Mary's Cranborne. |
Possibly Langford in West Farley.
Langton Herring | Langetone / a / uetona: King's land; the wife of Hugh FitzGrip. 170 sheep. |
A 16th century pub. One of only 14 villages in Britain to be 'doubly thankful'; that is, to have seen the safe return of all its inhabitants who fought in both world wars.
Langton Long | Blandford / Blaneford / Bleneford: Dodman from Count of Mortain; Roger Tilly from Roger Arundel; Edwin from the king. Mill. |
Lazerton | Werne: Edwin the king's thane. Mill. |
Lazerton Farm.
Leftisford Lost.
Leigh (Colehill) 15th century cross. Remains of a turf maze nearby, said to have been the haunt of witches.
Lewell | Lewelle / Liwelle: Brictwin and Hugh from the king. |
Lewell Lodge.
Littelton | Liteltone: Bretel from Count of Mortain. Mill. |
Little Bredy | Litelbride / a: Cerne Abbey. 550 sheep. |
Bronze Age burial chambers.
Little Puddle Lost.
Littlewindsor | Windresorie / a: William de Mohun. |
Remote.
Loders | Lodres: King's land; Count of Mortain; the wife of Hugh FitzGrip; Aelfric and Brictric from the king. 2 mills. |
Saxon field systems nearby.
Long Bredy | Langebride / a: Cerne Abbey. Mill. 353 sheep, 20 goats. |
Prehistoric earthworks nearby.
Long Crichel | Circel: William d'Eu; Aiulf the Chamberlain. Mill. |
Isolated, at foot of Crichel Down.
Lulworth (East and West) | Luluorde / worde: King's land. Count of Mortain; Aiulf the Chamberlain. 4 mills. |
Ruined castle. The first post-Reformation Roman Catholic church was built here.
Lyscombe | Liscome / a: Milton Abbey. |
Lyscombe Farm. A nearby ruined 12th century chapel and priest's house were associated with Milton Abbey.
Lytchett Matravers Ancient. Becoming a suburb of Bournemouth and Poole. Sir John Matravers, buried in the 13th century church, was Edward II's gaoler and probable murderer.
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Maiden Newton | Newetone: Waleran. 2 mills. |
Carpet mill.
Mannington | Manitone: Count of Mortain. |
Manston | Manestone: Waleran from the king. 2 mills. |
Georgian manor house.
Mapperton (in Almer) | Mapledretone: Shaftesbury Abbey. 30 goats. |
Mapperton (near Beaminster) | Malperetone / Malperretona: Arnulf de Hesdin; William de Mohun. Mill. |
Mapperton House, a 16th century manor house. The original village was wiped out during the plague of 1665.
Mappowder | Mapledre: King's land; Count of Mortain; Hugh from William d'Eu; Bolle the priest from the king. |
Martinstown | Wintreburne: Wife of Hugh FitzGrip. 380 sheep. |
Stone, thatched houses.
Melbury Abbas | Meleberie: Shaftesbury Abbey. 4 mills. |
Melbury Bubb | Melesberie / leberie: Dodman from Count of Mortain; Roger Arundel; Urse from Arnulf de Hesdin; Brictwin from the king. |
Also Melbury Osmond.
Melcombe Horsey
Milborne St. Andrew | Meleburne: Matthew de Mortagne. |
On a Roman road.
Milborne Stileham Lost.
Milton Abbas | Mideltune / ona: Milton Abbey. Mill. 50 goats, 450 sheep. |
Demolished and rebuilt a mile away from its original site by the Earl of Dorchester in the 18th century. He turned the medieval Milton Abbey into a grand house, now a public school.
Milton on Stour | Miltetone / Mideltone: Godmund the king's thane, the pre-Conquest holder; Roger from William de Falaise. |
Nearby Purns Mill was painted by Constable.
Moorbath | Mordaat: Fulcred from the king. |
Isolated.
Moor Crichel Moved here in the 18th century when Crichel House was landscaped.
Morden | Mordone / -a / Mordune: Robert from Count of Mortain; Aiulf the Chamberlain; William Chernet from the wife of Hugh FitzGrip; Wulfric from the king. 2 mills. |
Thatched cottages.
Moreton | Mourtune: Robert from Count of Mortain; Brictwin from the king. Mill. |
T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) is buried here.
Mosterton | Mortestorne: Richard de Reviers. Mill. |
Moulham | Moleham: Durand Carpenter, the king's servant. |
Lost in Swanage.
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Netherbury | Niderberie: Monks of Sherborne. 2 mills. |
Stone-built; mill-see on the River Brit; once a centre for flax milling.
Nettlecombe | Netelcome / a: Cerne Abbey. |
Near Powerstock Castle.
Nutford | Nortforde / Nodford / -a: King's land; William Belette from the king. |
France farm.
Nyland | Iland / Inlande: Count of Mortain; Thurstan FitzRolf. |
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Oborne | Wocburne: Monks of Sherborne. Mill. |
The ruined church was a chapel for the monks of Sherborne.
Odenham Lost.
Okeford FitzPaine | Adford: St. Mary's Glastonbury. Mill. |
Orchard | Hocerd: Wife of Hugh FitzGrip. |
West Orchard Farm.
Osmington | Osmentone: Milton Abbey. Mill. |
Stone, thatched cottages, manor house. The figure of George III is cut into the chalk down above the village.
Ower | Ora: Milton Abbey. 13 saltworkers. |
Ower Moigne | Ogre: Matthew de Mortagne. Mill. |
13th century Court House, scene of a treacherous murder in the 16th century.
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Pentridge Remote; the Trantridge of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbevilles.
Petersham | Petrishesham: Odo FitzEverbold; Isolde. Mill. |
Petersham Farm.
Piddle Lost.
Piddlehinton | Pidele: Abbey of Marmoutier; Count of Mortain. |
Stone-built, thatched houses.
Piddletrenthide | Pidrie: St. Peter's Winchester. 3 mills. |
Straggling.
Pilsdon | Pilesdone: Edric the king's thane. |
Tudor manor house.
Pimperne Neolithic barrow nearby.
Plumber | Plumbere: Swein, the king's thane, and Ralph from him. |
Plumber Manor.
Poorton | Povertone / -a / Povrtone / Powrtone / -a / Bovetone: Abbotsbury Abbey; Tavistock Abbey; Arnulf de Hesdin; Roger Arundel; David the Interpreter. Mill. 1 mare, 32 goats. |
Now North Poorton; thatched cottages.
Portesham | Portesham: Abbotsbury Abbey; the wife of Hugh FitzGrip. |
17th century manor house, home of Admiral Hardy who fought with Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Portland | Porland: King's land. 900 sheep. |
The Isle of Portland, famous for stone quarrying and its naval base.
Povington | Povintone: Robert FitzGerald. Mill. |
In the danger area of the Lulworth army firing ranges.
Powerstock | Povrestoch / a: Hugh from Roger Arundel. 16 goats. |
Earthwork of Norman Powerstock Castle; Iron Age fort nearby.
Poxwell | Pocheswelle / a: Cerne Abbey and Hugh's wife from the abbey. |
17th century manor house.
Poytington | Ponditone / a: William from Count of Mortain. Mill. |
Preston (in Tarrant Rushton) | Prestetune: Bishop of Lisieux. |
Preston Farm.
Puddletown | Pretone: King's land; Bolle the priest. 2 mills. |
Pulham | Poleham: Reinbald the priest from the king; William de Mohun. 15 goats, 170 sheep. |
Puncknowle | Pomaconole / a: William de Moutiers from the wife of Hugh FitzGrip. Mill. |
16th century manor house.
Purbeck Possibly Purbeck Hill or land in vanished Purbeck Hundred.
Purse Caundle | Candel / e: Saeward from the king; Athelney Abbey; Alfred the Butler. |
15th century Purse Caundle Manor. An earlier house was given by King John to John Alleyn who looked after sick or injured royal hounds.
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Radipole | Retpole / a: Cerne Abbey. |
Rampisham | Ramesham: Bishop of Bayeux. |
Jacobean manor house.
Ranston | Iwerne: Robert from Robert FitzGerald. |
Ranston House in Shroton village.
Renscombe | Romescumbe / Romescumba: Cerne Abbey. 2 cows, 250 wethers. |
Renscombe Farm.
Ringstead | Ringestede / hestede / -a: Hugh de St. Quintin; Hugh and Ralph from the wife of Hugh FitzGrip; Brictric from the king. ½ mill. |
Deserted; medieval village.
Rollington | Ragintone / a: Robert Tilly from Roger Arundel. |
Rollington Farm.
Rushton | Ristone / a: William de Braose; Odo FitzEverbold; 2 men-at-arms from the wife of Hugh FitzGrip; Alward and Edric from the king. 4 sesters of honey. |
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