This is a list of civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

es in the ceremonial county

Ceremonial counties of England

The ceremonial counties are areas of England to which are appointed a Lord Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as counties and areas for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England and Lieutenancies Act 1997...

 of Dorset

Dorset

Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...

, England

England

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.

Christchurch

Christchurch, Dorset

Christchurch is a borough and town in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. The town adjoins Bournemouth in the west and the New Forest lies to the east. Historically in Hampshire, it joined Dorset with the reorganisation of local government in 1974 and is the most easterly borough in...

The former Christchurch Municipal Borough

Christchurch, Dorset

Christchurch is a borough and town in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. The town adjoins Bournemouth in the west and the New Forest lies to the east. Historically in Hampshire, it joined Dorset with the reorganisation of local government in 1974 and is the most easterly borough in...

 is unparished.

• Burton
  Burton, Dorset
  Burton Village is a village and parish in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset, England. It is situated some 2 miles north-east of Christchurch town centre...
  
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• Hurn
  Hurn
  Hurn is a village in southeast Dorset, England, between the River Stour and River Avon in the borough of Christchurch, five miles north east of the Bournemouth town centre. As of 2001, the village has a population of 468. The village is the location of Bournemouth Airport , an important airfield...
  
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East Dorset

East Dorset

East Dorset is a local government district in Dorset, England. Its council is based in Furzehill, near Wimborne Minster.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Wimborne Minster Urban District with part of the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District and the Wimborne and Cranborne...

The whole of the district is parished.

• Alderholt
  Alderholt
  Alderholt is a large village and civil parish in the East Dorset district of Dorset, England; situated west of Fordingbridge. The local travel links are located from the village to Salisbury railway station and to Bournemouth International Airport. The main road running through the village is...
  
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• Chalbury
  Chalbury
  Chalbury is a village in east Dorset, England, four miles north of Wimborne Minster and four miles west of Verwood. The village has a population of 140 .-Fiction:...
  
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• Colehill
  Colehill
  Colehill is a parish, neighbouring Wimborne Minster, in Dorset, England, with a population of 7,000 .-History:The name Colehill originated in 1431 as Colhulle, becoming Colhill in 1518 and Collehill in 1547, but the origins of Colehill as a settlement predate this by a long way.Six round barrows,...
  
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• Corfe Mullen
  Corfe Mullen
  Corfe Mullen is a village in Dorset, England, on the north-western urban fringe of the South East Dorset conurbation and is part of the rural district of East Dorset. The population is 10,147 ....
  
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• Cranborne
  Cranborne
  Cranborne is a village in East Dorset, England. In 2001 the village had a population of 779 people. The town is situated on chalk downland called Cranborne Chase, part of a large expanse of chalk in southern England which includes the nearby Salisbury Plain and Dorset Downs.-History:The village...
  
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• Edmondsham
  Edmondsham
  Edmondsham is a village in Dorset, England, two miles north west of Verwood and ten miles north of Bournemouth. The village has a population of 200 . It also has Edmonsham House and Gardens which is a popular tourist place.- External links :* *...
  
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• Ferndown Town
  Ferndown
  Ferndown is a town and civil parish in the East Dorset district of Dorset in southern England, situated immediately to the north of unitary authorities of Poole and Bournemouth. The parish, which until 1972 was called Hampreston, includes the communities of Hampreston, Longham, Stapehill and...
  
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• Gussage All Saints
  Gussage All Saints
  Gussage All Saints is a village in Dorset, England situated 8 miles north east of Blandford.The Ecclesiastical Parish of Gussage All Saints since 2001, is one of ten Ecclesiastical Parishes which form ‘The Chase Benefice’ under its first incumbent the Reverend Dr Michael Foster...
  
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• Gussage St Michael ²³
• Hinton Martell
  Hinton Martell
  Hinton Martell is a village in east Dorset, England, three miles north of Wimborne Minster. The village has a population of 368 ....
  
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• Hinton Parva
  Hinton Parva
  Hinton Parva is a hamlet and civil parish in east Dorset, England, three miles north of Wimborne Minster. The village has a population of 56 . The settlement includes the nearby village of Stanbridge.-External links:*...
  
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• Holt
  Holt, Dorset
  Holt is a village in east Dorset, England, two miles north of Wimborne Minster. The village has a population of 1,265 . The village has a football team called Holt United who play in the Dorset Premier League....
  
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• Horton
  Horton, Dorset
  Horton is a village in East Dorset, England, situated on the boundary between the chalk downland of Cranborne Chase and the heathland of the New Forest, ten miles north of Poole...
  
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• Long Crichel
  Long Crichel
  Long Crichel is a hamlet in east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase five miles north east of Blandford Forum. The hamlet has a population of 81 ....
  
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• Moor Crichel
  Moor Crichel
  Moor Crichel is a village and civil parish in East Dorset, England situated on Cranborne Chase five miles east of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 181 ....
  
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• Pamphill
  Pamphill
  Pamphill is a village in south-east Dorset, England, just outside Wimborne Minster, four miles north of Poole. The village has a population of 704 .-St Stephen's:...
  
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• Pentridge
  Pentridge
  Pentridge is a village in north east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase on the A354 road ten miles north east of Blandford Forum and twelve miles south west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 215...
  
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• St Leonards and St Ives ¹³
• Shapwick
  Shapwick, Dorset
  Shapwick is a village and civil parish in east Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour five miles south east of Blandford Forum and eight miles north of Poole...
  
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• Sixpenny Handley
  Sixpenny Handley
  Sixpenny Handley is a village and civil parish in north east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase ten miles north east of Blandford Forum...
  
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• Sturminster Marshall
  Sturminster Marshall
  Sturminster Marshall is a village and civil parish in east Dorset in England, situated on the River Stour between Blandford Forum and Poole. The parish has a population of 1,895 , and includes the village of Almer west of Sturminster Marshall, near Winterborne Zelston and the hamlet of Henbury to...
  
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• Verwood
  Verwood
  Verwood is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. The town lies north of Bournemouth and north of Poole. The town has a population of 14,820 according to latest figures from Dorset County Council, making it the largest town in Dorset without an upper school in terms of population.-Early...
  
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• West Moors
  West Moors
  West Moors is a village in East Dorset, England, on the northern fringe of the Poole-Bournemouth conurbation, just outside the larger settlements of Ferndown and Verwood...
  
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• West Parley
  West Parley
  West Parley is a village and civil parish in south east Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Bournemouth and Ferndown. The village has a population of 3,532 . West Parley is looked upon as a wealthy region, boasting a good first school, fields and sports club.-External links:* * * *...
  
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• Wimborne Minster
  Wimborne Minster
  Wimborne Minster is a market town in the East Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town...
  
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• Wimborne St Giles
  Wimborne St Giles
  Wimborne St Giles is a village in east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase seven miles north of Wimborne Minster which is north of Poole. The village has a population of 366 ....
  
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• Witchampton
  Witchampton
  Witchampton is a village in East Dorset, England, situated on the River Allen north of Wimborne Minster. The village has a population of 377 ....
  
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• Woodlands
  Woodlands, Dorset
  Woodlands is a village and civil parish in south east Dorset, England, five miles north of Wimborne Minster. In 2001, the village had a population of 544.The parish is home to Knowlton Church and Earthworks.-External links:*...
  
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North Dorset

North Dorset

North Dorset is a local government district in Dorset, England. It is largely rural, but includes the towns of Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Stalbridge and Sturminster Newton. Much of North Dorset is in the River Stour valley and is called the Blackmore Vale...

The whole of the district is parished.

• Anderson
  Anderson, Dorset
  Anderson is a village and civil parish in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England, with a population of 72 . The village is sometimes known as Winterborne Anderson, and is near Winterborne Zelston and Winterborne Kingston. It is about twelve miles by road from Poole.To the west is...
  
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• Ashmore
  Ashmore
  Ashmore is a small village in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England; situated south-west of Salisbury. The local travel links are located from the village to Tisbury railway station and to Bournemouth International Airport. The main road running through the village is North Road...
  
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• Blandford Forum (town)³
• Blandford St Mary ²
• Bourton
  Bourton, Dorset
  Bourton is a village in north Dorset, England, situated north of the A303 road on the border with Somerset and Wiltshire between Mere and Wincanton. The village has a population of 772 and marks the northernmost point in Dorset...
  
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• Bryanston
  Bryanston
  Bryanston is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour one mile west of Blandford Forum. The parish has a population of 968 . The village is adjacent to the grounds of Bryanston School, an independent school.The village was named after Brian de Lisle, a...
  
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• Buckhorn Weston
  Buckhorn Weston
  Buckhorn Weston is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district of the county, and is situated three miles west of the town of Gillingham in the Blackmore Vale...
  
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• Cann ¹⁵
• Charlton Marshall
  Charlton Marshall
  Charlton Marshall is a village in north Dorset, England, situated beside the River Stour on the A350 road two miles south of the market town Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 1,150 ....
  
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• Chettle
  Chettle
  Chettle is a hamlet in North Dorset, in southern England, situated on Cranborne Chase on the A354 road six miles north east of Blandford Forum. Chettle has a population of 80 ....
  
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• Child Okeford
  Child Okeford
  Child Okeford is a quiet village in north Dorset, England, situated four miles east of Sturminster Newton and downstream from it along the River Stour which passes half a mile west of the village...
  
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• Compton Abbas
  Compton Abbas
  Compton Abbas is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale next to Cranborne Chase, on the A350 road three miles south of Shaftesbury. The village has a population of 200 . The village gives its name to a nearby airfield on the downs...
  
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• Durweston
  Durweston
  Durweston is a village in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour where it flows out of the Blackmore Vale through a steep, narrow gap between the Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase hills, two miles west of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 429...
  
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• East Orchard
  East Orchard
  East Orchard is a small village in the rural Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, adjacent to West Orchard, from which it is separated by a stream, and half way between Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton. The village has a population of 127 ....
  
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• East Stour ¹⁵
• Farnham
  Farnham, Dorset
  Farnham is a village in North Dorset, in the south of England, situated on Cranborne Chase nine miles north east of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 205 .Augustus Pitt Rivers lived nearby on the Rushmore Estate...
  
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• Fifehead Magdalen
  Fifehead Magdalen
  Fifehead Magdalen is a hamlet and civil parish in the north of Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour in the Blackmore Vale three miles south of Gillingham and five miles west of Shaftesbury. The village has a population of 88 ....
  
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• Fifehead Neville
  Fifehead Neville
  Fifehead Neville is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale two miles south west of Sturminster Newton. The village has a population of 127. The village is situated next to the stream of the Divelish which runs down from the high hill of Bulbarrow Hill...
  
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• Fontmell Magna
  Fontmell Magna
  Fontmell Magna is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under Cranborne Chase on the A350 road five miles south of Shaftesbury and eight miles north of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 671...
  
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• Gillingham
  Gillingham, Dorset
  Gillingham is a town in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. The town is the most northerly in the county. It is 3 miles south of the A303 lying on the B3092 and B3081. It is near to the town of Shaftesbury which lies 7 miles to the south east. Neighbouring hamlets included Peacemarsh, Bay...
  
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• Glanvilles Wootton
  Glanvilles Wootton
  Glanvilles Wootton, or Wootton Glanville, is a village in North Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, five miles south of Sherborne. The village has a population of 201 . One mile south east of the village is the hill fort Dungeon Hill.- External...
  
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• Hammoon
  Hammoon
  Hammoon is a hamlet and parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district of the county. It is sited on alluvial silt by the River Stour, approximately 2 miles east of the town of Sturminster Newton...
  
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• Hanford ¹⁸
• Hazelbury Bryan
  Hazelbury Bryan
  Hazelbury Bryan is a village in Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale five miles south west of Sturminster Newton. At the Census 2001 the parish had a population of 800. It includes the hamlets of Droop, Kingston, Parkgate, Pidney, Pleck, Wonston and Woodrow.-External links:* *...
  
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• Hilton
  Hilton, Dorset
  Hilton is a village in north Dorset, England. It lies at an altitude of 135 metres in a small valley in the eastern part of the Dorset Downs. The summit of Bulbarrow Hill is 1.5 miles north of the village. The nearest town is Blandford Forum, which lies 8 miles east-north-east...
  
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• Hinton St Mary ¹⁸
• Ibberton
  Ibberton
  Ibberton is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs hills, five miles south of Sturminster Newton and seven miles west of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 134 ....
  
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• Iwerne Courtney or Shroton ²
• Iwerne Minster
  Iwerne Minster
  Iwerne Minster is a village in North Dorset, England, situated under Cranborne Chase in the Blackmore Vale just off the A350. The village has a population of 889 . A cheese shop employs 57 persons...
  
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• Iwerne Stepleton ²
• Kington Magna
  Kington Magna
  Kington Magna is a village in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England with a population of 376 . It is west of Shaftesbury, north of Sturminster Newton and east of Sherborne. The village was founded in the twelfth century, but most of the current buildings are no older than the seventeenth...
  
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• Langton Long Blandford ²
• Lydlinch
  Lydlinch
  Lydlinch is a village in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Lydden in the Blackmore Vale, three miles west of Sturminster Newton. The village has a population of 431 . Poet William Barnes was born in the village and wrote about the five bells which hang on the tower of the 13th-century...
  
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• Manston
  Manston, Dorset
  Manston is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale two miles east of Sturminster Newton. The village has a population of 135 .-External links:*...
  
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• Mappowder
  Mappowder
  Mappowder is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale nine miles south east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 137 . The name of the village comes from mapuldor, Old English for 'maple tree'...
  
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• Margaret Marsh ¹⁵
• Marnhull
  Marnhull
  Marnhull is a village in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England. It is north of Sturminster Newton, between Shaftesbury and Sherborne and about north of Bournemouth and Weymouth...
  
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• Melbury Abbas
  Melbury Abbas
  Melbury Abbas is a village in north Dorset, England, situated between Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum on Cranborne Chase. The village has a population of 301 , 34.4% are retired. 6.1% of dwellings are second homes....
  
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• Milborne St Andrew ²
• Milton Abbas
  Milton Abbas
  Milton Abbas is a village in Dorset in the south-west of England, approximately seven miles south-west of the market town of Blandford Forum and 11 miles north-east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 766...
  
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• Motcombe
  Motcombe
  Motcombe is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale half way between the market towns of Gillingham and Shaftesbury. The village has a population of 1,404 ....
  
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• Okeford Fitzpaine ¹⁸
• Pimperne
  Pimperne
  Pimperne is a village in north Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase two miles north east of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 995 ....
  
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• Pulham
  Pulham
  Pulham is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale seven miles south east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 211 .-External links:*...
  
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• Shaftesbury
  Shaftesbury
  Shaftesbury is a town in Dorset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Wiltshire border 20 miles west of Salisbury. The town is built 718 feet above sea level on the side of a chalk and greensand hill, which is part of Cranborne Chase, the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset...
  
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• Shillingstone
  Shillingstone
  Shillingstone is a village in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Sturminster Newton and Blandford Forum...
  
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• Silton
  Silton
  Silton is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale four miles north west of Gillingham. The village has a population of 134 ....
  
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• Spetisbury
  Spetisbury
  Spetisbury is a village in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour and the A350 road, four miles south east of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 542 . It is notable for being a very linear settlement, with mostly only one line of buildings adjacent to the A350 road...
  
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• Stalbridge
  Stalbridge
  Stalbridge is a small town and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale area of North Dorset district, near the border with Somerset. In 2001 the town had a population of 2,579, and is still growing. 30.8% of the inhabitants are retired...
  
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• Stoke Wake
  Stoke Wake
  Stoke Wake is a very small hamlet, originally part of the Whiteway hundred in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under Bulbarrow Hill west of Blandford Forum....
  
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• Stour Provost
  Stour Provost
  Stour Provost is a village in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Sturminster Newton and Gillingham. The village has a population of 560 . 5.6% of dwellings are second homes....
  
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• Stourpaine
  Stourpaine
  Stourpaine is a village in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour and A350 road in the south east corner of the Blackmore Vale, under Cranborne Chase, three miles north west of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 608 ....
  
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• Stourton Caundle
  Stourton Caundle
  Stourton Caundle is a village in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, about 5 miles east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 408 .The village was a venue for stave dances.-External links:*...
  
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• Sturminster Newton
  Sturminster Newton
  Sturminster Newton, known to locals as Stur, is a town in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. It is situated on a low limestone ridge in a meander of the River Stour. The town is at the centre of a large dairy agriculture region, around which the town's economy is built...
  
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• Sutton Waldron
  Sutton Waldron
  Sutton Waldron is a village in north Dorset, England, situated on the A350 road between Iwerne Minster and Fontmell Magna, in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, eight miles north of Blandford Forum and five miles south of Shaftesbury. The village has a population of 192 . It...
  
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• Tarrant Crawford
  Tarrant Crawford
  Tarrant Crawford is a small village at the end of the Tarrant Valley in Dorset, England. It is mainly a farm with a few houses. OS maps show it at the position of Tarrant Abbey, an even smaller village with only three houses. Although still part of the farm, it is referred to by the locals as a...
  
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• Tarrant Gunville
  Tarrant Gunville
  Tarrant Gunville is a village in north Dorset, England, situated at the head of the Tarrant Valley on Cranborne Chase five miles north east of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 236 . The large parish church is dedicated to St...
  
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• Tarrant Hinton
  Tarrant Hinton
  Tarrant Hinton is a village in North Dorset, England, situated in the Tarrant Valley five miles north-east of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 195 ....
  
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• Tarrant Keyneston ²
• Tarrant Launceston
  Tarrant Launceston
  Tarrant Launceston is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Tarrant Valley five miles north east of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 414 .-External links:*...
  
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• Tarrant Monkton
  Tarrant Monkton
  Tarrant Monkton is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Tarrant Valley five miles east of Blandford Forum. Within the parish boundary, sited 1.5 miles over hills to the west, lies Blandford Camp army base. The parish as a whole, including the army base, had a population of 2,370 as...
  
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• Tarrant Rawston
  Tarrant Rawston
  Tarrant Rawston is a hamlet in Dorset, England. It has a small church built of flint and stone. Surrounding the village are many pre-historic barrows. The hamlet is named after the River Tarrant which flows through the parish.-Reference:...
  
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• Tarrant Rushton
  Tarrant Rushton
  Tarrant Rushton is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Tarrant Valley five miles east of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 105 ....
  
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• Todber
  Todber
  Todber is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale five miles south west of Shaftesbury. The village has a population of 124 .-External links:*...
  
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• Turnworth
  Turnworth
  Turnworth is a hamlet in north Dorset, England, situated on the Dorset Downs five miles west of Blandford Forum. The village consists of a few cottages and farmhouses scattered around a church and manor house. Nearby is Ringmoor, an ancient settlement on the top of the scarp face of the downs. ...
  
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• West Orchard
  West Orchard
  West Orchard is a small village in the rural Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, adjacent to East Orchard, from which it is separated by a stream, and situated half way between Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton. The village has a population of 77 .- External links :*...
  
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• West Stour ¹⁵
• Winterborne Clenston
  Winterborne Clenston
  Winterborne Clenston is a village in Dorset, England.The first name of "Winterborne" comes from the River Winterborne, which flows from north to south through the village.The river only flows overground during the winter, hence the name....
  
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• Winterborne Houghton
  Winterborne Houghton
  Winterborne Houghton is a village in north Dorset, England. It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the Dorset Downs, five miles south west of Blandford Forum...
  
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• Winterborne Kingston
  Winterborne Kingston
  Winterborne Kingston is a village in north Dorset, England. It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the Dorset Downs, seven miles south of Blandford Forum and northeast of Bere Regis.- Overview :The village has a population of 613...
  
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• Winterborne Stickland
  Winterborne Stickland
  Winterborne Stickland is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated in the North Dorset administrative district of the county, about four miles west of the town of Blandford Forum. It is sited in a winterbourne valley in the Dorset Downs. The village has a population of 576...
  
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• Winterborne Whitechurch
  Winterborne Whitechurch
  Winterborne Whitechurch, also Winterborne Whitchurch, is a village in central Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley on the A354 road on the Dorset Downs five miles south west of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 694 ....
  
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• Winterborne Zelston
  Winterborne Zelston
  Winterborne Zelston is a village in north Dorset, England. It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the A31 road eight miles south of Blandford Forum and ten miles north west of Poole...
  
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• Woolland
  Woolland
  Woolland is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under Bulbarrow Hill seven miles west of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 76 . The village is first mentioned in Cartularium saxonicum from the year 939 Wonlond, the Domesday Book from the year 1086...
  
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Purbeck

The whole of the district is parished.

• Affpuddle
  Affpuddle
  Affpuddle is a small village and civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset in South West England, east of Dorchester. The local travel links are from the village to Moreton railway station and to Bournemouth International Airport. Part of the village street is the B3390, which divides the...
  
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• Arne
  Arne, Dorset
  Arne is a large village and civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England; situated east of Wareham. The local travel links are located from the village to Holton Heath railway station and to Bournemouth International Airport. The main road through the village is Arne Road connecting...
  
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• Bere Regis
  Bere Regis
  Bere Regis is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated north-west of Wareham.The village has one shop, a post office and two pubs, The Royal Oak and The Drax Arms. The parish church is St. John the Baptist Church...
  
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• Bloxworth
  Bloxworth
  Bloxworth is a village and civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated in Wareham Forest on the A35 road west of Poole. The village has a population of 187 . Bloxworth Heath is part of Wareham Forest....
  
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• Chaldon Herring
  Chaldon Herring
  Chaldon Herring or East Chaldon is a village in the Purbeck district of the county of the English county of Dorset. It is situated two miles from the coast and eight miles south east of Dorchester...
  
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• Church Knowle
  Church Knowle
  Church Knowle is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset, in the south of England.Church Knowle is situated about one mile west of Corfe Castle, four miles south of Wareham and about six miles west of Swanage. The village has a population of 303 , 9.7% of dwellings are...
  
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• Coombe Keynes
  Coombe Keynes
  Coombe Keynes is a hamlet and former parish in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset. It is situated some five miles west-south-west of Wareham. The parish has a population of 79 . There are 22 houses in the hamlet itself and 37 properties across the parish as a whole.Coombe Keynes...
  
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• East Holme
  East Holme
  East Holme is a small village which is situated about half way between Wool and Wareham in Dorset, England. The village is sprawled around a large house called Holme Priory....
  
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• East Lulworth
  East Lulworth
  East Lulworth is a hamlet nine miles east of Dorchester, near Lulworth Cove, in the Purbeck district of Dorset, South West England. It consists of 17th century thatched cottages...
  
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• East Stoke
  East Stoke, Dorset
  East Stoke is a village in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset. It is situated some three miles west of Wareham. The village has a population of 439...
  
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• Kimmeridge
  Kimmeridge
  Kimmeridge is a small village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated on the English Channel coast. Kimmeridge is about south of Wareham and about west of Swanage and is on the Isle of Purbeck...
  
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• Langton Matravers
  Langton Matravers
  Langton Matravers is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England.Langton Matravers is part of the Purbeck local government district and is within the South Dorset constituency of the House of Commons and the South West England constituency of the European...
  
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• Lytchett Matravers
  Lytchett Matravers
  Lytchett Matravers is a large village and civil parish in the District of Purbeck within Dorset, England. The village has a population of 3,309.-Location:...
  
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• Lytchett Minster and Upton
  Lytchett Minster and Upton
  Lytchett Minster and Upton is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The parish comprises the village of Lytchett Minster and the nearby built up area of Upton, which is contiguous with the urban area of Poole....
  
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• Morden
  Morden, Dorset
  Morden is a village and civil parish in south Dorset, England, forming part of the Purbeck district.Morden is north west of Poole. The village has a population of 325 ....
  
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• Moreton
  Moreton, Dorset
  Moreton is a village in Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome eight miles east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 270 . It has a number of long distance foot paths and cycle ways passing through it: the Purbeck cycle way, Route 2 , the Frome valley trail, the Jubilee trail, and...
  
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• Steeple
  Steeple, Dorset
  Steeple is a hamlet in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset. It is situated some eight miles west of Swanage. The village has a population of 94 ....
  
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• Studland
  Studland
  Studland is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is famous for its beaches and nature reserve. In 2001 Studland had a population of 480, the lowest in 50 years...
  
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• Swanage
  Swanage
  Swanage is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England. It is situated at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck, approximately 10 km south of Poole and 40 km east of Dorchester. The parish has a population of 10,124 . Nearby are Ballard Down and Old Harry Rocks,...
  
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• Turners Puddle
  Turners Puddle
  Turners Puddle is a hamlet in Dorset, England, situated on the River Piddle in the Purbeck district, seven miles north west of Wareham. The village has a population of 60 .-External links:*...
  
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• Tyneham
  Tyneham
  Tyneham is a ghost village in south Dorset, England, near Lulworth on the Isle of Purbeck. It remains a civil parish.-Location:The village is situated northeast of Worbarrow Bay on the Jurassic Coast, about south of Wareham and about west of Swanage. It is part of the Lulworth Estate. Tyneham is...
  
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• Wareham St Martin
  Wareham St. Martin
  Wareham St. Martin is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The parish spreads across a large, and mostly rural area to the north of the town of Wareham including much of Wareham Forest. However the town of Wareham lies within its own civil parish, and the only significant settlement...
  
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• Wareham Town
  Wareham, Dorset
  Wareham is an historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. The town is situated on the River Frome eight miles southwest of Poole.-Situation and geography:...
  
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• West Lulworth
  West Lulworth
  West Lulworth is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated on the English Channel coast beside Lulworth Cove. The village has a population of 766 , 9.3% of dwellings are second homes...
  
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• Winfrith Newburgh
  Winfrith Newburgh
  Winfrith Newburgh is a village in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset. It is situated some eight miles west of Wareham and ten miles east of Dorchester. It was historically part of the Winfrith hundred...
  
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• Wool
  Wool, Dorset
  Wool is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. The village has a population of 4,118 , though the population has fluctuated over the past 15 years, due to the proximity of military institutions, reaching a high of 4,300 in 1992. The village lies at a historic bridging point on the...
  
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• Worth Matravers
  Worth Matravers
  Worth Matravers is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The village is situated on the cliffs west of Swanage. It comprises limestone cottages and farm houses and is built around a pond, which is a regular feature on postcards of the Isle of Purbeck.The civil parish stretches...
  
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West Dorset

West Dorset

West Dorset is a local government district and parliamentary constituency in Dorset, England. Its council is based in Dorchester. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the boroughs of Bridport, Dorchester and Lyme Regis, along with...

The whole of the district is parished.

• Abbotsbury
  Abbotsbury
  Abbotsbury is a large village and civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England; situated north-west of Weymouth. It is located from Upwey railway station and from Bournemouth International Airport. The main road running through the village is the B3157, connecting Abbotsbury to...
  
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• Allington
  Allington, Dorset
  Allington is a large village and civil parish in Dorset, England. The village has a population of 614 according to the 2001 Census.Allington Hill is an Iron Age hill fort risingto 90m above the village, now managed by the Woodland Trust...
  
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• Alton Pancras
  Alton Pancras
  Alton Pancras is a small village in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England. It is sited at an altitude of 125 metres in the valley of the River Piddle, which has its source just north of the village. The surrounding chalk hills rise to between 230 and 260 metres...
  
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• Askerswell
  Askerswell
  Askerswell is a small village and civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England; situated west of Dorchester. The local travel links are located from the village to Maiden Newton railway station and to Exeter International Airport. The main road running through the village is...
  
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• Athelhampton
  Athelhampton
  Athelhampton is a Grade I listed 15th-century manor house in England. It is a privately owned country house on 160 acres of parkland, located five miles east of Dorchester, Dorset...
  
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• Batcombe
  Batcombe, Dorset
  Batcombe is a small straggling village in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England; situated north-west of Dorchester under the northern slope of the Dorset Downs. The local travel links are located from the village to Chetnole railway station and to Bournemouth International Airport. The...
  
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• Beaminster
  Beaminster
  Beaminster is a small town and civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, at the head of the valley of the River Brit. Beaminster is south of Bristol, west of Bournemouth, east of Exeter and northwest of the county town of Dorchester...
  
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• Beer Hackett
  Beer Hackett
  Beer Hackett is a hamlet in west Dorset, England, three miles south west of Sherborne and five miles south east of Yeovil. The village has a population of 86 .- External links :*...
  
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• Bettiscombe
  Bettiscombe
  Bettiscombe is a hamlet in west Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale four miles west of Beaminster. The village has a population of 63 according to the United Kingdom Census 2001....
  
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• Bincombe
  Bincombe
  Bincombe is a large village in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England; situated north of Weymouth. The local travel links are located from the village to Upwey railway station and to Bournemouth International Airport. The main road running through the village is Icen Lane...
  
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• Bishop's Caundle
  Bishop's Caundle
  Bishop's Caundle is a small village and civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset in South West England; situated south-east of Sherborne. The local travel links are located from the village to Sherborne railway station and to Bournemouth International Airport. The main road running...
  
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• Bothenhampton
  Bothenhampton
  Bothenhampton is a village in south west Dorset, England, just outside the town of Bridport. It is separated from the town only by the River Asker and the A35 Bridport by-pass. The village has a population of 2,186 , of which 45.5% are retired....
  
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• Bradford Abbas
  Bradford Abbas
  Bradford Abbas is a village in north west Dorset, England, three miles south east of Yeovil and five miles south west of Sherborne. The village has a population of 936...
  
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• Bradford Peverell
  Bradford Peverell
  Bradford Peverell is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley two miles north west of Dorchester on the A37 road. The village has a population of 344 .- External links :*...
  
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• Bradpole
  Bradpole
  Bradpole is a village in south west Dorset, England, in the Brit valley, one mile outside Bridport. The village has a population of 2,270 , 38.8% are retired.- External links :***...
  
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• Bridport
  Bridport
  Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England. Located near the coast at the western end of Chesil Beach at the confluence of the River Brit and its Asker and Simene tributaries, it originally thrived as a fishing port and rope-making centre...
  
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• Broadmayne
  Broadmayne
  Broadmayne is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the West Dorset administrative district of the county, two miles south-east of the county town of Dorchester. The village has a population of 1,864 . Village facilities and services include a Post Office, a clinic and a public...
  
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• Broadwindsor
  Broadwindsor
  Broadwindsor is a village in west Dorset, England, two miles west of Beaminster. The village has a population of 1,218 .Broadwindsor was also formerly a liberty, containing only the parish itself....
  
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• Buckland Newton
  Buckland Newton
  Buckland Newton is a village in north Dorset, England, situated under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, six miles south of Sherborne. The village has a population of 618 . People have worshipped at the Church of the Holy Rood in Buckland Newton since the 13th century.The village lies within the...
  
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• Burleston
  Burleston
  Burleston is a village in Dorset, England....
  
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• Burstock
  Burstock
  Burstock is a village in west Dorset, England, five miles south of Crewkerne. The village has a population of 109 .- External links :*...
  
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• Burton Bradstock
  Burton Bradstock
  Burton Bradstock is a village in south west Dorset, England. The village has a population of 979 . Situated on the Chesil Beach, east of Bridport the village nestles around the church of St...
  
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• Castleton
  Castleton, Dorset
  Castleton is a village in west Dorset, England. The village had a population of 130 in 2001. Castleton is in the group parish of Yeo Head together with the three village parishes of Poyntington, Goathill and Oborne. This parish is within the district of West Dorset....
  
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• Catherston Leweston ⁶
• Cattistock
  Cattistock
  Cattistock is a village in west Dorset, England, sited in the upper reaches of the Frome Valley eight miles north west of Dorchester. The Dorset poet William Barnes called it "elbow-streeted Cattstock", a comment on the less-than-linear village street...
  
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• Caundle Marsh
  Caundle Marsh
  Caundle Marsh is a hamlet in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale, four miles south east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 58 .- External links :*...
  
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• Cerne Abbas
  Cerne Abbas
  Cerne Abbas is a village located in the valley of the River Cerne, between steep chalk downland in central Dorset, England. The village is located just to the east of the A352 road north of Dorchester. There was a population of 732 at the 2001 census, a figure which has fallen from 780 in 1998.In...
  
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• Charminster
  Charminster
  Charminster is a village in west Dorset, England, situated on the River Cerne and A352 road one mile north of Dorchester. The village has a population of 1,940 . The village has a small church of St. Mary. These two things give the village its name, Cerneminster , which eventually evolved into...
  
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• Charmouth
  Charmouth
  Charmouth is a village at the mouth of the River Char in West Dorset, England, with a population of 1,687 according to the 2001 census.-The village:...
  
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• Chedington
  Chedington
  Chedington is a hamlet in west Dorset, England, situated on the A356 road four miles south east of Crewkerne. The village has a population of 82 and is administered as part of Parrett and Axe Parish Council....
  
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• Cheselbourne
  Cheselbourne
  Cheselbourne is a village in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset Downs, seven miles north east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 301 . The village also benefits from a local public house called the Rivers Arms.- External links :*...
  
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• Chetnole
  Chetnole
  Chetnole is a village in west Dorset, England, seven miles south of Sherborne. There are around 128 houses in the village. It has a public house in the heart of the village called The Chetnole Inn which is in the Michelin Guide, and was named The Best Freehouse in the UK by the Great British Pub...
  
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• Chickerell
  Chickerell
  Chickerell is a small town and parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England. The parish has a population of 5,282 .-History:Although Roman remains have been found, indicating that there has been settlement in the area for many years, as a modern town, Chickerell is recent and one of...
  
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• Chideock
  Chideock
  Chideock is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated on the A35 trunk road between Bridport and Lyme Regis. The village has a population of 597 based on the 2001 census....
  
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• Chilcombe ⁶
• Chilfrome
  Chilfrome
  Chilfrome is a hamlet in the county of Dorset in England. It is situated in the West Dorset administrative district of the county, about 9 miles northwest of the county town of Dorchester. It lies between the villages of Cattistock and Maiden Newton in the upper reaches of the Frome Valley in the...
  
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• Clifton Maybank
  Clifton Maybank
  Clifton Maybank is a hamlet in west Dorset, England. It is perhaps best known for Clifton Maybank House, a country house with surviving Tudor fabric.-Clifton Maybank settlement:...
  
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• Compton Valence
  Compton Valence
  Compton Valence is a hamlet in west Dorset, England, six miles west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 63 .- External links :*...
  
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• Corscombe
  Corscombe
  Corscombe is a small village in west Dorset, England, halfway between Yeovil and Beaminster. The village has a population of 465 .The musician Polly Jean Harvey is a former resident....
  
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• Dewlish
  Dewlish
  Dewlish is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated in the West Dorset administrative district of the county, about seven miles north-east of the county town of Dorchester. It is sited in the valley of the small Devil's Brook, amongst the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. The...
  
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• East Chelborough
  East Chelborough
  East Chelborough is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is located north-east of Beaminster.On the top of the ridge at the nearby Castle Hill are the earthwork remains of a motte-and-bailey castle.-External links:...
  
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• Evershot
  Evershot
  Evershot is a village in west Dorset, England, south of Yeovil. It is the second highest village in the county , the centre of the village lying at 175 metres above sea-level. The village has a population of 206...
  
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• Fleet
  Fleet, Dorset
  Fleet is a hamlet and parish in south Dorset, England, situated two miles west of Weymouth. The village is named for The Fleet, the nearby lagoon behind Chesil Beach. J. Meade Falkner's smuggling novel, Moonfleet is set in the village. On 24 November 1824 strong winds and a storm surge caused...
  
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• Folke
  Folke
  Folke is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale south-east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 309 and an area of . Folke Wood is nearby.- External links :* *...
  
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• Frampton
  Frampton, Dorset
  Frampton is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley three miles north west of Dorchester at . The village has a population of 456 , 6.9% of dwellings are second homes ....
  
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• Frome St Quintin ⁹
• Frome Vauchurch
  Frome Vauchurch
  Frome Vauchurch is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley just outside Maiden Newton, seven miles north west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 154 .It was the home of Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland....
  
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• Goathill
  Goathill
  Goathill is a hamlet in the county of Dorset in England. It is situated a couple of miles east of the town of Sherborne in the West Dorset administrative district of the county...
  
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• Godmanstone
  Godmanstone
  Godmanstone is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Cerne Valley four miles north of Dorchester and south of Cerne Abbas. The village has a population of 144 in about 60 homes....
  
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• Halstock
  Halstock
  Halstock is a village in north west Dorset, England, five miles south of Yeovil, and lies on the route of the ancient Harrow Way. The village has a population of 470 , down from a peak of over 600 in the mid-nineteenth century.-History:...
  
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• Hermitage
  Hermitage, Dorset
  Hermitage is a hamlet in Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, six miles south of Sherborne. The village has a population of 101 .-External links:*...
  
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• Hilfield
  Hilfield
  Hilfield is a hamlet in west Dorset, England, situated under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs seven miles south of Sherborne. The village had a population of 52 at the time of the 2001 Census, mostly residents of the Friary of Saint Francis....
  
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• Holnest
  Holnest
  Holnest is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale four miles south of Sherborne. The village has a population of 174 .-External links:*...
  
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• Holwell
  Holwell, Dorset
  Holwell is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale five miles south east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 380 . Until 1844, Holwell was an exclave of Somerset.-External links:*...
  
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• Hooke
  Hooke, Dorset
  Hooke is a small village in west Dorset, England, 13 kilometers northwest of Dorchester. The village has a population of 118 . The village is situated in the valley of the short River Hooke, a tributary of the River Frome, in the Dorset Downs chalk hills...
  
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• Kingston Russell
  Kingston Russell
  Kingston Russell is a large mansion house and manor near Long Bredy in Dorset, England, west of Dorchester. The present house dates from the late 17th century but in 1730 was clad in a white Georgian stone facade. The house was restored in 1913, and at the same time the gardens were laid out...
  
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• Langton Herring
  Langton Herring
  Langton Herring is a village in west Dorset, England, situated beside The Fleet Lagoon , four miles north east of the town of Weymouth....
  
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• Leigh
  Leigh, Dorset
  Leigh is a village in northwest Dorset, England, six miles southwest of Sherborne. The village has a population of 509 . In a field just south of the village lie the remains of the "Miz Maze", an earthwork of uncertain origin that, centuries ago, folklore attributes to having connections with...
  
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• Leweston ¹⁶
• Lillington
  Lillington, Dorset
  Lillington is a hamlet in north west Dorset, England, three miles south of Sherborne. The village has a population of 82 .-External links:*...
  
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• Littlebredy
  Littlebredy
  Littlebredy is a village in south west Dorset, England, seven miles west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 85 .-External links:* **...
  
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• Litton Cheney
  Litton Cheney
  Litton Cheney is a village in south west Dorset, England, nine miles west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 348, according to the United Kingdom Census 2001....
  
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• Loders
  Loders
  Loders is a village in south west Dorset, England, two miles north east of Bridport. The village has a population of 502 . It is a linear village, sitting in a long valley between Waddon Hill and Boarsbarrow Hill, following the road between Bradpole and Askerswell, with another road parallel to...
  
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• Long Bredy
  Long Bredy
  Long Bredy is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in a small valley seven miles west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 202 . The village has some notable history, being located near the strategic chalk hills it has some Iron Age and Roman history, including a stone circle,...
  
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• Longburton
  Longburton
  Longburton is a village in west Dorset, England, three miles south of Sherborne. The village has a population of 435 .-Geography:...
  
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• Lyme Regis
  Lyme Regis
  Lyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, situated 25 miles west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. The town lies in Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset-Devon border...
  
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• Maiden Newton
  Maiden Newton
  Maiden Newton is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, north of Dorchester. Located on the River Frome, the village has a population of 952 , of whom 29.7% are retired. Maiden Newton railway station, which serves the village, is situated on the Heart of Wessex Line...
  
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• Mapperton ¹
• Marshwood
  Marshwood
  Marshwood is a village in west Dorset, England, situated on the northern edge of the Marshwood Vale six miles north of Lyme Regis. The village has a population of 283 , 8.6% of dwellings are second homes....
  
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• Melbury Bubb
  Melbury Bubb
  Melbury Bubb is a hamlet in north west Dorset, England, situated on a chalk hill seven miles south of Sherborne. It is just off the road between Dorchester and Yeovil in Somerset. The village has a population of 78 .-External links:*...
  
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• Melbury Osmond
  Melbury Osmond
  Melbury Osmond is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated on the A37 road seven miles south of Yeovil. The village has a population of 190 . It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as a possession of the Arundell family, and remained so until the 19th century. The parish church, St...
  
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• Melbury Sampford ¹
• Melcombe Horsey
  Melcombe Horsey
  Melcombe Horsey is a village in west Dorset, England. The village has a population of 141 .Bingham's Melcombe is a medieval house nearby. It takes its name from Robert Bingham who acquired the property through marriage in the 13th Century. It remained in the Bingham family until 1895.The house...
  
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• Minterne Magna
  Minterne Magna
  Minterne Magna is a village in west Dorset, England, situated at the source of the River Cerne in the Dorset Downs, on the A352 main road half way between Dorchester and Sherborne. The village has a population of 188 .-Minterne House:...
  
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• Mosterton
  Mosterton
  Mosterton is a village in west Dorset, England, three miles south of Crewkerne. The village has a population of 626 .Home of the Admiral Hood pub, Eeles Pottery, Parrett and Axe Primary School and St...
  
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• Nether Cerne ⁹
• Nether Compton
  Nether Compton
  Nether Compton is a small village in north west Dorset, England, situated 3 miles west of Sherborne and 3 miles east of Yeovil.The village has an estimated population of 300 .-History: Nether Compton was burnt in 1066 by William, Duke of Normandy....
  
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• Netherbury
  Netherbury
  Netherbury is a village in west Dorset, England, with a population of 1,276 . It is situated one mile south of Beaminster and five miles north of Bridport, just off the A3066 road.Netherbury consists of a church, a village hall, and a play park....
  
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• North Poorton ¹
• North Wootton
  North Wootton, Dorset
  North Wootton is a village in Dorset, England....
  
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• Oborne
  Oborne
  Oborne is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale close to the border with Somerset, on the A30 road adjacent to the town of Sherborne. The village has a population of 115 . Oborne is in the group parish of Yeo Head together with the three villages of Castleton,...
  
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• Osmington
  Osmington
  Osmington is a village and civil parish in the District of West Dorset within Dorset, England, situated on the Jurassic Coast northeast of Weymouth. The village has a population of 609.To the east is Osmington Hill.-History:...
  
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• Over Compton
  Over Compton
  Over Compton is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley 2 miles east of Yeovil. The village has a population of 158 ....
  
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• Owermoigne
  Owermoigne
  Owermoigne is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated six miles south east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 450 .The parish was formerly part of hundred of Winfrith, and subsequently constituted a liberty by itself.-External links:...
  
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• Piddlehinton
  Piddlehinton
  Piddlehinton is a village in west Dorset, England situated in the Piddle valley five miles north of Dorchester. The village has a population of around 600 .Piddlehinton formerly constituted a liberty containing only the parish itself....
  
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• Piddletrenthide
  Piddletrenthide
  Piddletrenthide is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Piddle valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, eight miles north of Dorchester. The village has a population of 691...
  
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• Pilsdon ¹
• Portesham
  Portesham
  Portesham is a village in the English county of Dorset, situated close to the south coast, between the towns of Weymouth and Dorchester. The village has a population of 708...
  
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• Powerstock
  Powerstock
  Powerstock is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in a steep valley on the edge of the Dorset Downs, five miles north east of the market town of Bridport. The village contains many cottages and 2 inns: The Three Horseshoes near the church and The Marquis of Lorne Inn on the other...
  
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• Poxwell
  Poxwell
  Poxwell , is a hamlet in South Dorset located approximately 6 miles east of Weymouth. The current population of the village is around 50. The name originates from the ‘Pokes well’ – a well dating from the period when occupied by the Romans in the 1st century which is located on a hillside in the...
  
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• Poyntington
  Poyntington
  Poyntington is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale two miles north of Sherborne. The village has a population of 135.The parish was part of the hundred of Horethorne....
  
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• Puddletown
  Puddletown
  Puddletown is a village in Dorset, England, 5 miles east of Dorchester in the River Piddle valley. The village has a population of 1,177 , of which 30.3% are retired....
  
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• Puncknowle
  Puncknowle
  Puncknowle is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated at in a steep valley beside Chesil Beach five miles east of Bridport. The village has a population of 429 . There is a single public house in the village called The Crown Inn, and many holiday properties.-External links:* *...
  
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• Purse Caundle
  Purse Caundle
  Purse Caundle is a village in north west Dorset, England, about 5 miles east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 107 . The village is based around the large fifteenth-century Manor house.- External links :*...
  
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• Rampisham
  Rampisham
  Rampisham is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in a steep valley ten miles north west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 102...
  
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• Ryme Intrinseca
  Ryme Intrinseca
  Ryme Intrinseca is a village in north west Dorset, England, four miles south of Yeovil, and a mile west of Yetminster. The village has a population of 130 . The name means the inner, or home, part of the Ryme manor as opposed to the outer parts, once called Ryme Extrinseca.The church at Ryme...
  
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• Sandford Orcas
  Sandford Orcas
  Sandford Orcas is a village and parish in north west Dorset, England, three miles north of Sherborne The village has a population of 195 . Just to the east of the village itself is the hamlet of Holway...
  
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• Seaborough
  Seaborough
  Seaborough is a hamlet in north west Dorset, England, situated on the River Axe two miles south of Crewkerne. The village has a population of 65 .The parish was part of the hundred of Crewkerne.-External links:*...
  
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• Sherborne
  Sherborne
  Sherborne is a market town in northwest Dorset, England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The A30 road, which connects London to Penzance, runs through the town. The population of the town is 9,350 . 27.1% of the population is aged 65 or...
  
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• Shipton Gorge
  Shipton Gorge
  Shipton Gorge is a village in south west Dorset, England, three miles east of Bridport. The village has a population of 319 , 11% of dwellings are second home....
  
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• South Perrott
  South Perrott
  South Perrott is a village in northwest Dorset, England, two miles south east of Crewkerne. The village has a population of 247 .The name Perrott comes from the River Parrett.The manor was held with North Perrott just over the border in Somerset....
  
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• Stinsford
  Stinsford
  Stinsford is a village in south west Dorset, England, one mile east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 346 , 13.5% of dwellings are second homes ....
  
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• Stockwood
  Stockwood
  Stockwood is a residential area and council ward in south Bristol, between Whitchurch and Brislington.It is served by bus routes, 54, 54A, 57 and A4....
  
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• Stoke Abbott
  Stoke Abbott
  Stoke Abbott is a village in west Dorset, England, two miles west of Beaminster. The village has a population of 209 , with 14.5% of dwellings being second homes...
  
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• Stratton
  Stratton, Dorset
  Stratton is a civil parish in West Dorset, England, in the Frome valley about north-west of Dorchester. The parish includes the village itself and the hamlets of Grimstone, Ash Hill and Wrackleford, all of which lie on or near main road, the A37. Ash Hill is a small estate east of the village near...
  
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• Swyre
  Swyre
  Swyre is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in a valley beside Chesil Beach six miles south east of Bridport. The village has a population of 109 ....
  
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• Sydling St Nicholas
  Sydling St Nicholas
  Sydling St Nicholas is a village in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It is situated in the West Dorset district of the county, about nine miles northwest of the county town of Dorchester. It is sited on Sydling Water, a tributary of the River Frome. Sydling Water divides upon entering the...
  
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• Symondsbury
  Symondsbury
  Symondsbury is a village in south west Dorset, England, west of Bridport and west of Dorchester. The village is located just to the north of the A35 trunk road, which runs between Southampton and Honiton. The village has a pub , a pottery and a primary school...
  
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• Thorncombe
  Thorncombe
  Thorncombe is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated on the borders of Somerset and Devon, five miles south east of Chard. The civil parish has a population of 714 , and 8.4% of dwellings are second homes.-Geography:...
  
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• Thornford
  Thornford
  Thornford is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley four miles south west of Sherborne. Thornford is in Thornhackett Parish, a combined parish comprising the villages of Thornford and Beer Hackett....
  
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• Tincleton
  Tincleton
  Tincleton is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome five miles east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 142 . The name "Tincleton" has nothing to do with the names of nearby villages, such as Puddletown, Piddletrenthide and Piddlehinton. The name actually...
  
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• Toller Porcorum
  Toller Porcorum
  Toller Porcorum is a village and civil parish in West Dorset, England, situated in the Toller valley ten miles north west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 292 ....
  
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• Tolpuddle
  Tolpuddle
  Tolpuddle is a small village in the southern English county of Dorset, situated in the Piddle valley, eight miles east of Dorchester and 12 miles west of Poole. The village has a population of 331 ....
  
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• Trent
  Trent, Dorset
  Trent is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley four miles north west of Sherborne and four miles north east of Yeovil. It was formerly in Somerset...
  
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• Warmwell
  Warmwell
  Warmwell is a hamlet in south west Dorset, England, situated five miles south east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 97 .Warmwell contains several historic buildings and was the home of Dorset RAF Warmwell Air Station, dating back to the late 1930's...
  
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• West Compton
  West Compton, Dorset
  West Compton is a hamlet in the county of Dorset, England. It lies in the West Dorset administrative district of the county, about 7 miles to the east of the town of Bridport. The county town of Dorchester lies about 9 miles eastsoutheast...
  
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• West Knighton
  West Knighton, Dorset
  West Knighton is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated three miles south west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 415 .This small village as such features as an 11th century church and a village pub and also a disused farm house....
  
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• West Stafford
  West Stafford
  West Stafford is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley two miles east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 270 . It contains 'The Wise Man Inn', which is the village pub, and St Andrew's Church. The river Winterbourne runs beside the village and 2 miles...
  
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• Whitechurch Canonicorum ⁶
• Winterborne Came
  Winterborne Came
  Winterborne Came is a parish and small dispersed settlement in the county of Dorset in England. It lies in the West Dorset administrative district, about a mile south-east of the county town of Dorchester. The settlement derives its name from the seasonal stream by which it is sited, and from the...
  
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• Winterborne Herringston ⁹
• Winterborne Monkton
  Winterborne Monkton
  Winterborne Monkton is a hamlet and civil parish in the south-west of the English county of Dorset.It is just off the A354 road, three miles south of Dorchester. The village has a population of 84 , and consists of a few houses and a church. The great hill fort of Maiden Castle stands within the...
  
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• Winterborne St Martin ⁹
• Winterbourne Abbas
  Winterbourne Abbas
  Winterborne Abbas is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in a valley on the A35 road west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 295 .The Nine Stones stone circle lies just to the west of the village just to the south of the A35 road....
  
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• Winterbourne Steepleton
  Winterbourne Steepleton
  Winterbourne Steepleton is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley five miles west of Dorchester, next to the village of Winterbourne Abbas. The village has a population of 295 , and derives its name from having one of only three stone church steeples in the...
  
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• Woodsford
  Woodsford
  Woodsford is a hamlet in south west Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley five miles east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 67 ....
  
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• Wootton Fitzpaine
  Wootton Fitzpaine
  Wootton Fitzpaine is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale three miles north east of Lyme Regis. The village has a population of 347 , 16.3% of dwellings are second homes.-External links:*...
  
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• Wraxall
  Wraxall, Dorset
  Wraxall in the English county of Dorset is a civil parish consisting of two small villages - Higher Wraxall and Lower Wraxall - between Rampisham and Cattistock in West Dorset....
  
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• Yetminster
  Yetminster
  Yetminster is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the West Dorset administrative district of the county, about five miles south-west of the town of Sherborne. It is sited on the River Wriggle, a tributary of the River Yeo, and is built almost entirely of honey-coloured...
  
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Weymouth and Portland

Weymouth and Portland

Weymouth and Portland is a local government district and borough in Dorset, England. It consists of the resort of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, Chiswell, Castletown, Fortuneswell, Radipole, Nottington,...

The former Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Municipal Borough is unparished.

• Portland
  Isle of Portland
  The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A tombolo over which runs the A354 road connects it to Chesil Beach and the mainland. Portland and...
  
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External links

• Office for National Statistics : Geographical Area Listings