Burstock

Burstock

Parish church of St Andrew
Burstock
Burstock shown within Dorset
Population 120 [1]
OS grid reference ST422029
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Dorset
Fire Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament
  • West Dorset

Burstock is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Crewkerne. In the 2011 census the parish had 59 dwellings,[2] 49 households and a population of 120.[1]

In 1086 Burstock was recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Bureuuinestoch',[3] meaning a farm ('stoc') owned by either 'Burgwine' (a man) or 'Burgwynn' (a woman).[4] It had 12 households, 8 acres of meadow and 3 ploughlands. It was in Whitchurch Canonicorum Hundred, the lord was William Malbank and the tenant-in-chief was Earl Hugh of Chester.[5]

Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the mid 16th century, 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.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Area: Burstock (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Area: Burstock (Parish). Dwellings, Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2011 (KS401EW)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Dorset A-G". The Domesday Book Online. domesdaybook.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Burstock". Dorset OPC Project. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Place: Burstock". Open Domesday. domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.


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