Forston, Hr Forston Fm, Forston Grange, Forston Ho
Early-attested site in the Parish of Charminster
Historical Forms
- ? Cerne(l) 1086 DB
- Fos(s)ardeston 1236 Fees 1343,1346 FF 1344 Pat
- Forsardeston 1285 FA 1327 SR 1332 SR 1371 Ilch
- For(e)shardeston(e) 1303,1346,1428 FA
- Forston 1431 ib
- Forston Fm 1837 TA
- Furston 1546 Lane
- Furston als. Foston 1606 1770 ib
- eston 1553 PlR, For(r)
- eston als. Forston 1606 Lane 1770 Add 1617
- Foston Ferme 1617 Add
Etymology
Forston (SY 666956), Hr Forston Fm, Forston Grange, Forston Ho, ? Cerne (l )1086 DB, Fos (s )ardeston 1236 Fees, 1343, 1346 FF, 1344 Pat, Forsardeston 1285 FA, 1327SR , 1332 SR, 1371Ilch , For(e)shardeston (e )1303, 1346, 1428 FA, Forston 1431 ib et freq toForston Fm 1837TA , Furston 1546Lane , Furston als. Foston 1606 (1770) ib , For (r )eston 1553PlR , For (r )eston als. Forston 1606 (1770) Lane , 1617Add , Foston Ferme 1617Add , 'Fo(r)sard's manor', a post-Conquest name in tūn like Herrison and Pulston infra (v. IPN 131). William Forsard held this manor in 1285 FA, but the family must have been here earlier, cf. William Fossard 1244Ass (possibly the same man, mentioned under this hundred). Forston, like Herrison and Pulston infra , is on R. Cerne, and like them is no doubt one of the nine manors called Cerne (l ) in DB (Eyton 123 f, VCHDo 3 144, DBGazetteer 120; v. further RCHMDo 3 71–2 on the probable sites of the various original settlements). There is mention of a grangia here in 1470Weld 1, 1478Ct .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Charlton Hr Down
- Wolfeton Ho, Wolfeton Manor
- Herrison, Herrison Ctgs, Herrison Ho
- Burton, Hr Burton Fm, Lr Burton Fm
- Pulston Barn
Other OS name
- Charminster Down
- Cowdon (Hill)
- Vicarage
- Walls Coppice
- Wood Hill (Clump)
- Brooklands
- Charminster Fm, Charminster Ho
- East Hill Ho
- Gascoyne Bridge, Gascoyne Lane
- Haydon Clump, Haydon Hill
- Higher Barn
- Hill Barn, Hill Coppice
- Hospital Fm
- Ivy Ctg
- Leap Gate
- Little Court
- Long Coppice
- Lower Covert
- Lych Gate
- Mill Stream
- New Bldgs
- New Inn
- Pump Ho
- Seager's Barn
- Sodern
- Southcot
- Sun Inn
- Wolfeton Barn, Wolfeton Clump, Wolfeton Eweleaze, Wolfeton Dairy
- Burton Ctgs, Burton Mill
- Church
- Forston Barn, Forston Ctgs, Forston Fd Bottom
- Watcombe Bottom, Watcombe Plant.
- Bushy Eweleaze
- Corn Mill
- Foxbrake (Wd)
- Westleaze
- The Yews