Burstock

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]

Burstock
Parish church of St Andrew
Burstock Location within Dorset
Population	120 [1]
OS grid reference	ST422029
Unitary authority	Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Beaminster
Postcode district	DT8
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	West Dorset
List of places UK England Dorset 50.8232°N 2.8229°W / 50.8232; -2.8229

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. "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. "Burstock". Dorset OPC Project. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
5. "Place: Burstock". Open Domesday. domesdaymap.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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