Place record MWX6 - Charmouth Parish

Charmouth is recorded as a village called 'Cernemude' in the Domesday Book. It has been suggested as a possible site for the Battle of Carrum in AD833 when King Egbert fought invading Danes.

'Carrum' of Anglo-Saxon Chronicle identified as Charmouth. <1> <2>
For alternative site, based on more modern interpretation of 'Carrum' as Carhampton in Somerset, see ST 04 SW 24). <4>

Charmouth is recorded as a village called 'Cernemude' in the Domesday Book. <3>

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 87-89 (Monograph). SDO97.

<1> Giles, J A (ed ), 1847, Anglo Saxon Chronicle (Monograph). SWX1165.

'AD 833. This year King Egbert fought against the men of thirty-five ships at Charmouth, and there was a great slaughter made and the Danish men maintained possession of the field.'

<2> Hutchins, J, 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 2. 3rd edition (Monograph). SDO9443.

<3> Hinde, Thomas (ed ), 2002, The Domesday Book: England's Heritage, then and now (Monograph). SWX8439.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 449765 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 18 2025 2:28PM