Broadmayne
History
Broadmayne parish has a long history of human settlement. In the Domesday Book of 1086, one of two settlements named Maine in Culliford Tree Hundred was later called Friar Mayne to avoid confusion with another Maine (Parva Maene) sited at Little Mayne Farm in West Knighton parish. Between 1290 and 1338, a preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller was established at Friar Mayne. The preceptory declined in activity, then in 1533 began leasing its bailiwick to provide stipends for rectories, vicarages, and the larger preceptories in other locations.
The family estate of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, the founder of the State of Maine in the northeast United States, was in Broadmayne; one theory is that the state was named after the village.
Politics
After 2019 structural changes to local government in England, Broadmayne is part of the Winterborne and Broadmayne ward which elects 1 member to Dorset Council.
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ West Dorset District Council, West Dorset Holiday and Tourist Guide, c.1983, p5
- ^ [1] Open Domesday: Culliford Tree
- ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/dorset/vol2/pp90-92 'Houses of Knights Hospitallers: The preceptory of Friary Mayne'], in A History of the County of Dorset: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 90-92 accessed 30 January 2015].
- ^ Kathy Guyton (2009). U.S. State Names: The Stories of How Our States Were Named. Nederland, Colorado: Mountain Storm Press. pp. 127–136.
- ^ "Who Really Named Maine?". rootsweb. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Origin of Maine's Name". Archived from the original on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Area profile for Winterborne & Broadmayne - Dorset Council". gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
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