Horton

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Horton is a hamlet in Dorset

Other current and historical names

Hortune
Haythorne

Parish/Community: Horton
District/Borough: East Dorset
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°52'2"N 1°57'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 402956, 107543
OS Grid: SU029075
Mapcode Local: GBR 426.HG0
Mapcode Global: FRA 66ST.2GW

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

Horton in historic gazetteers

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

Horton, par. and vil., NE. Dorset, 4½ miles SW. of Cranborne, 2740 ac., pop. 463; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Horton Park.

Horton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Horton St Wolfrida
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Horton; King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Horton; King William
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 10 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Pasture: 2 leagues
- Churches: 2
- Mills: 2, value 15 shillings

British Place Names

Horton, Dorset

Horton is a hamlet in Dorset

Horton in historic gazetteers

Horton in the Domesday Book