Corscombe

Other current and historical names

Corscumbe
Coriscumbe
Coriescumbe

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°50'44"N 2°40'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 352027, 105355
OS Grid: ST520053
Mapcode Local: GBR MM.W04L
Mapcode Global: FRA 568V.W2S

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

Corscombe in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury
- Taxable Value: 9 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 1 slave; 7 other households
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 9 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Lestre (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 7 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Woodland: 1 furlong
- Pasture: 1 furlong
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aldwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godwin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
- Pasture: ¹⁄₂ furlong

British Place Names

Corscombe, Dorset

Corscombe is a village in Dorset

Corscombe in historic gazetteers

Corscombe in the Domesday Book