Plaitford

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Plaitford is a village in East Dorset

Other current and historical names

Pleiteford

Built-Up Area: Plaitford
Parish/Community: Landford
Unitary Authority: East Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°58'31"N 1°36'23"W
Eastings/Northings: 427728, 119633
OS Grid: SU277196
Mapcode Local: GBR 63Z.NPW
Mapcode Global: FRA 76JJ.MYW

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

Plaitford in historic gazetteers

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

Plaitford, par. and vil., Wilts, 5 miles W. of Romsey, 1218 ac., pop. 174.

Plaitford in the Domesday Book

A village in Frustfield hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edmund son of Aiulf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edmund son of Aiulf
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 2 smallholders; 2 other households
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 9½d
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edmund son of Aiulf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edmund son of Aiulf
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders; 2 cottagers
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₄ plough land)

British Place Names

Plaitford, East Dorset

Plaitford is a village in East Dorset

Plaitford in historic gazetteers

Plaitford in the Domesday Book