Potterne

Other current and historical names

Poterne
Potterne and Cannings

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°19'35"N 2°0'29"W
Eastings/Northings: 399520, 158591
OS Grid: ST995585
Mapcode Local: GBR 2V6.WL2
Mapcode Global: VHB4G.4XNK

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

Potterne in historic gazetteers

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

Potterne, par., township, and vil., Wilts - par., 4956 ac., pop. 1658; township, pop. 1154; vil., 2 miles S. of Devizes; P.O., T.O.

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

Potterne and Cannings, hundred, Wilts, 30,683 ac., pop. 7989.

Potterne in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary; Wulfward White the noble
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury; Arnulf of Hesdin
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 Englishmen (subinfeudated); 1 priest (subinfeudated); Arnulf of Hesdin; Alward Colling (subinfeudated); Bishop of Salisbury
- Taxable Value: 52 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £60 in 1070; £69 in 1086
- Households: 29 villagers; 49 smallholders; 6 slaves; 1 priest; 5 freedmen
- Plough Teams: 14 lord's ploughs; 30 men's ploughs (40 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 2 ¹⁄₂ mixed measures
- Mills: 6, value £2 3/2½
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Mills: 1, value 7/4¾
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alward Colling
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alward Colling
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Woodland: 4 furlongs

British Place Names

Potterne, East Dorset

Potterne is a village in East Dorset

Potterne in historic gazetteers

Potterne in the Domesday Book