Burstock
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Burstock is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, south of Crewkerne. In the 2011 census the parish had 59 dwellings, 49 households and a population of 120.
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- Locality
- Burstock
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- UK place.static_image_name
- Burstock, parish church of St. Andrew - geograph.org.uk - 447160.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Parish church of St Andrew
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Burstock
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.population
- 120
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- Beaminster
- UK place.postcode_area
- DT
- UK place.postcode_district
- DT8
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Dorset
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST422029
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Burstock is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, south of Crewkerne. In the 2011 census the parish had 59 dwellings, 49 households and a population of 120.
In 1086 Burstock was recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Bureuuinestoch', meaning a farm ('stoc') owned by either 'Burgwine' (a man) or 'Burgwynn' (a woman). 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.
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