Colerne, East Dorset

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Colerne is a village in Colerne Airfield, East Dorset

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°26'18"N 2°15'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 381795, 171074
OS Grid: ST817710
Mapcode Local: GBR 0PV.QLK
Mapcode Global: VH96G.Q3BN

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

Colerne in historic gazetteers

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

Colerne, par., N. Wilts, 8 miles SW. of Chippenham, 3620 ac., pop. 1056; P.O.

Colerne in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey de L'Isle
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey de L'Isle
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 10 slaves; 5 other households
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Mills: 1, value 13/4¾

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British Place Names

Colerne, East Dorset

Colerne is a village in Colerne Airfield, East Dorset

Colerne in historic gazetteers

Colerne in the Domesday Book