Buckhorn Weston
| Buckhorn Weston | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Parish church of St John the Baptist | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST756246 |
| Location: | 51°1’13"N, 2°20’56"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 356 (2011) |
| Post town: | Gillingham |
| Postcode: | SP8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Dorset |
Buckhorn Weston is a village in Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale about three miles west of the town of Gillingham. It stands at the western edge of the former royal hunting ground of Gillingham Forest, and within the Gillingham Hundred. The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 356.
Buckhorn Weston is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Westone;[1] it had 26 households, 6 ploughlands and 40 acres of meadow. The tenant-in-chief was Count Robert of Mortain.
In 1349 the village was badly affected by the Black Death and its population much reduced. Later, the estate passed via the Stourton family (associated with Stourhead) and the Fane family into the hands of the Stapleton family in 1837 who remained substantial local landowners until the death of Sir Miles Stapleton in 1979. The village inn still bears the family name and coat of arms. In celebration of the Millennium, the village was enabled to build a new village hall with the help of significant external funding.
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist was well established by the beginning of the 13th century and has probably existed from earlier times.[2] The present building dates largely from the 14th and 15th centuries, though in the 19th century much of it was significantly altered, which included the rebuilding of the west tower.[3]
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References
- ↑ "Dorset A–G". The Domesday Book Online. domesdaybook.co.uk. http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/dorset1.html. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ↑ "St. John the Baptist Church, Buckhorn Weston". Stourvalechurches.org.uk. http://stourvalechurches.org.uk/churches/buckhorn-weston/history/. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ↑ Buckhorn Weston: An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 4, pages 6-8