Monument record MDO43383 - Medieval settlement at Pierson Farm, Milton-on-Stour, Gillingham

This, the most Northerly of several Prestons on Dorset consists of an old mamor, hamlet and farm, now represented by Pierston Farm. It lies on the old Gillingham/Silton road, and C12th/C13th pottery has been found on the site of the old settlement. <2>

Preston, Person, Pierston - a manor, hamlet and farm in the tithing of Milton and Pierston. <1>

Poerston 1247, 1268 (Assize Rolls); Preston 1280 (Assize Rolls). Poer's Manor, a post-Conquest name, from Adam Poer who held land in Gillingham in 1258. <4>

<1> Hutchins, J, 1868, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 3. 3rd edition, 627 (Monograph). SDO11486.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 794284) Pierston Farm (NAT)

<3> Good, R, 1979, Lost Villages of Dorset (Monograph). SWX1569.

<4> Mills, A D, 1989, The place-names of Dorset, Part 3 (Monograph). SDO10391.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202336 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 9 2022 3:23PM