Monument record MDO19904 - Stanpit, Mudeford, Christchurch; Domesday settlement

STANPIT (Stanpeta, xi–xiv cent.; Stamputta, xii-xiv cent.) was held in 1086 by Hugh de Port of the Bishop of Bayeux. He had two estates there; one had been held of the Confessor by Wislac and the other by Godwine. William II granted the priory an estate here, which was confirmed by Stephen in 1150.

'STANPIT (Stanpeta, xi–xiv cent.; Stamputta, xii-xiv cent.) was held in 1086 by Hugh de Port of the Bishop of Bayeux. He had two estates there; one had been held of the Confessor by Wislac and the other by Godwine. William II granted the priory an estate here, which was confirmed by Stephen in 1150. Another grant of a hide and a virgate there was made to the priory by Witro the Falconer and Adeline his wife, and was confirmed by Baldwin de Redvers about 1175' (1).

The site of Stanpit is depicted on a 1796 estate map but is called Purewell (2).

The name may refer to a stony, slightly raised, area surrounded by marsh belonging to a person with the personal name 'Peta'.

<1> Page, W (ed), 1908, The Victoria History of the County of Dorset 3, 83-101 (Monograph). SWX3.

<2> 1796, A map of the tythings of Pokesdown, Iford, Tuckton and Week, Christchurch Borough, Bure and Street in the County of Southampton 1796 (Map). SDO10465.

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