Hanford, Dorset

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Hanford is a hamlet in Dorset

Parish/Community: Hanford
District/Borough: North Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°53'58"N 2°13'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 384493, 111154
OS Grid: ST844111
Mapcode Local: GBR 1YT.H2X
Mapcode Global: FRA 667Q.G7N

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

Hanford in historic gazetteers

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

Hanford.-- par., N. Dorset, on river Stour, 4 miles NW. of Blandford, 460 ac., pop. 56; contains the seat of Hanford House.

Hanford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 35 acres
- Woodland: 15 acres
- Pasture: 1 mixed measure
- Mills: 2, value 16 shillings

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British Place Names

Hanford, Dorset

Hanford is a hamlet in Dorset

Hanford in historic gazetteers

Hanford in the Domesday Book