Ji HISTORY OF GLANVILLE S WOOTTON. 



parish was collected by the lord of the hundred of 

 Buckland Newton. 



Glanville's Wootton is bounded on the south by 

 Buckland Newton ; on the west by Middlemarsh, in 

 the parish of Minterne ; on the north-west by Holwell ; 

 on the north by Haydon ; on the east by Holwell ; 

 and on the south-east by Pulham. On the southern 

 boundary of the parish is an old Roman fortification, 

 called Dungeon. The area is above ten acres- On 

 its being cleansed several years ago, by the late Mr. 

 Foy of Castlehill, from the wood with which it was 

 overgrown, human bones, antique pickaxes, sword 

 blades, Roman coins, and other remains were dug up. 

 It is surrounded by a single ditch and rampart, on 

 which are situated several very large and ancient 

 Scotch fir trees, giving it an imposing appearance from 

 a distance. 



Glanville's Wootton contains by estimation about 

 1665 acres of rich land, for the most part in pasture, 

 and divided into several dairy farms. It lies at a 

 distance of twenty miles from Weymouth, twelve from 

 Dorchester, ten from Sturminster Newton, six from 

 Cerne Abbas, and Seven from Sherborne. The 

 parish is divided into two tithings, viz., Wootton 

 and Newton Monteacute, alias Newland ; and into 

 three manors, viz., Wootton, Oslehill or Oselhill, and 

 Newland. The inhabitants, which are about 300 in 

 number, are for the most part farmers and labourers, 

 whose houses and cottages are dispersed over the 



