Burstock
| Burstock | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew, Burstock | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST422029 |
| Location: | 50°49’24"N, 2°49’22"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 120 (2011) |
| Post town: | Beaminster |
| Postcode: | DT8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
West Dorset |
Burstock is a village in western Dorset, five miles south of Crewkerne. The 2011 census recorded that parish had 59 dwellings, with 49 households and a population of 120.
Burstock is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Bureuuinestoch,[1] which is believed to mean 'Burgwine's farm' or 'Burgwynn's' farm' (the latter a woman's name).[2] It had 12 households, 8 acres of meadow and 3 ploughlands. The lord was William Malbank and the tenant-in-chief was Earl Hugh of Chester.[3]
Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII, Burstock was closely associated with the Cistercian monks at nearby Forde Abbey; at Whetham, in the north of the parish, the abbey developed a mill, and in 1316 the Abbot became Burstock's lord of the manor.[2]
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References
- ↑ "Dorset A-G". The Domesday Book Online. domesdaybook.co.uk. http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/dorset1.html. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Burstock". Dorset OPC Project. http://www.opcdorset.org/BurstockFiles/Burstock.htm. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ↑ @"Place: Burstock". Open Domesday. domesdaymap.co.uk. http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/ST4202/burstock/. Retrieved 25 February 2015.