{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Dorset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image_name = Burstock, parish church of St. Andrew - geograph.org.uk - 447160.jpg |static_image_caption = Parish church of St Andrew |country = England |official_name = Burstock |coordinates = {{coord|50.8232|-2.8229|display=inline,title}} |map_type = Dorset |population = 120 |population_ref = <ref name=ons>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121469&c=Burstock&d=16&e=62&g=6418344&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1402012041604&enc=1|title=Area: Burstock (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|accessdate=5 June 2014}}</ref> |unitary_england = [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]] |post_town = Beaminster |postcode_area = DT |postcode_district = DT8 |region = South West England |constituency_westminster = [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]] |os_grid_reference = ST422029 }}
'''Burstock''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in west [[Dorset]], [[England]], {{convert|5|mi|km}} south of [[Crewkerne]]. In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] the parish had 59 dwellings,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11121469&c=Burstock&d=16&e=62&g=6418344&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1425029896737&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2481 |title=Area: Burstock (Parish). Dwellings, Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2011 (KS401EW)|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |accessdate=27 February 2015}}</ref> 49 households and a population of 120.<ref name=ons/>
In 1086 Burstock was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] as 'Bureuuinestoch',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/dorset1.html |title=Dorset A-G |publisher=domesdaybook.co.uk |work=The Domesday Book Online |accessdate=25 February 2015}}</ref> meaning a farm ('stoc') owned by either 'Burgwine' (a man) or 'Burgwynn' (a woman).<ref name=OPC>{{cite web|url=http://www.opcdorset.org/BurstockFiles/Burstock.htm|title=Burstock|publisher=Dorset OPC Project|accessdate=14 January 2014}}</ref> It had 12 households, 8 acres of meadow and 3 [[ploughland]]s. It was in [[Whitchurch Canonicorum Hundred]], the lord was William Malbank and the [[tenant-in-chief]] was Earl Hugh of Chester.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/ST4202/burstock/ |title=Place: Burstock |publisher=domesdaymap.co.uk |work=Open Domesday |accessdate=25 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225140853/http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/ST4202/burstock/ |archive-date=25 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Before the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] in the mid 16th century, Burstock was closely associated with the [[Cistercians|Cistercian monks]] at nearby [[Forde Abbey]]; at Whetham, in the north of the parish, the abbey developed a mill, and in 1316 the Abbot became Burstock's lord of the manor.<ref name=OPC/>
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