Monument record MDO43465 - Plumber Shrunken Village, Lydlinch

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Summary

Plumber. Shrunken village now represented by a manor and two farms.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

(ST771117. Plumber DMV sited to Plumber Manor from OS 10000 1982)<2> Situated tongue of Lydlinch parish, which suggests that it may once have been a parish in its own right, Plumber is first mentioned in Domesday when it was assessed at 5 hides <1.1>. Two important old roads, from Bulbarrow to Stalbridge, and from Okeford Fitzpaine to Bishop's Caundle pass through Plumber. <1>


<1> Good, R, 1979, Lost Villages of Dorset, 46 (Monograph). SWX1569.

<1.1> Page, W, ed, 1912, History of the County of Hampshire (Victoria County History) 5, 139 (Monograph). SDO13953.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1982 (Map). SDO17396.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 888643 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Monograph: Good, R. 1979. Lost Villages of Dorset. 46.
  • <1.1> Monograph: Page, W, ed. 1912. History of the County of Hampshire (Victoria County History) 5. Vol 5. 139.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1982.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 888643.

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Location

Grid reference ST 7709 1170 (point)
Map sheet ST71SE
Civil Parish Lydlinch; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 71 SE 17
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 888643

Record last edited

Feb 21 2022 1:31PM

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