List of civil parishes in Dorset explained

This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. There are 269 civil parishes.

The former Bournemouth County Borough was mostly unparished and the former Borough of Poole was entirely unparished.

Civil ParishCivil Parish Population 2011Area (km2) 2011Pre 1974 DistrictFormer District
Burton and Winkton4,1778.68Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District[1] Christchurch
ChristchurchChristchurch
Throop and Holdenhurst[2] Bournemouth County BoroughBournemouth
Highcliffe and Walkford[3] Christchurch
Hurn50122.35Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural DistrictChristchurch

Population figures are unavailable for some of the smallest parishes.

Civil ParishCivil Parish Population 2011Area (km2) 2011Pre 1974 DistrictFormer District
48118.19Dorchester Rural District[4] West Dorset
Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle [5] 43622.79Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[6] Purbeck
3,17115.22Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[7] East Dorset
1759.21Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Blandford Rural District[8] North Dorset
1,29724.88Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
1889.60Shaftesbury Rural District[9] North Dorset
1546.99Bridport Rural District[10] West Dorset
Athelhampton and Puddletown[11] Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Sherborne Rural District[12] West Dorset
Beaminster (town)3,13624.29Beaminster Rural District[13] West Dorset
Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1,74533.20Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
5147.87Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
3983.87Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Blandford Forum (town)10,3258.47Blandford Forum Municipal Borough[14] North Dorset
1,5119.71Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
20010.86Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
8223.72Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
9759.49Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
37010.75Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Bridport (town)8,3323.19Bridport Municipal Borough[15] West Dorset
1,2046.45Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1,37830.52Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
9257.15Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
3566.85Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
62217.00Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1203.76Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
94810.97Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
8229.30Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
15520.94Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
50915.04Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
78417.28Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1433.32Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
14012.53Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
1,1569.29Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
2,94017.71Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1,3522.78Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
29612.48Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
3445.78Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Chickerell (town)5,51513.96Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
68611.98Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1,1146.36Sturminster Rural District[16] North Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
26111.80Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
6,9079.69Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
2166.04Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
1,35537.26Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
10,13312.27Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
44520.26Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
77917.88Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
24616.21Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
2,2676.70Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Dewlish2848.61Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Dorchester (town)19,0607.12Dorchester Municipal Borough[17] West Dorset
3987.48Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
24617.48Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
2238.32Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
50423.04Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
5737.22Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
1887.28Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
33412.64Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1835.75Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Ferndown Town (town) 17,83920.36Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
1475.48Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
33911.27Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
73411.72Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
52413.32Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1715.46Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1491.97Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Gillingham (town)11,75631.29Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
1966.90Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1568.18Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
2089.99Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
2119.96Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
54612.99Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1,0599.76Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
32419.08Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
47712.31Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
2404.33Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Hinton [18] 4098.19Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
34217.86Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1,27322.21Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
3699.80Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1575.08Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
4619.27Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
1015.59Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
54113.76Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
97811.54Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
3898.06Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
2407.83Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
8538.98Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
4808.20Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
12111.25Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
3598.21Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
5189.21Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
4704.21Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
43713.74Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Lyme Regis (town)3,6715.01Lyme Regis Municipal Borough[19] West Dorset
3,42413.80Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
Lytchett Minster and Upton7,98314.49Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
1,11911.70Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
2258.36Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1667.69Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
1,99815.51Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
34617.78Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
3059.58Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1999.16Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1418.52Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1,06210.66Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
75517.67Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
18410.08Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
32314.87Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
3738.72Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
6044.62Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1,47419.73Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
3283.87Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1,31425.40Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1012.46Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
91315.13Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
6738.95Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1832.78Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
46714.57Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
65823.78Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
40311.81Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
64725.54Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1,10912.42Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
68518.25Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Portland (town)12,84412.09Portland Urban District[20] Weymouth and Portland
35819.53Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1284.12Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
2699.77Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
4669.48Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
22112.03Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
16312.39Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1154.70Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1805.75Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Shaftesbury (town)7,3144.49Shaftesbury Municipal Borough[21] North Dorset
19910.86Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
Sherborne (town)9,5236.68Sherborne Urban District[22] West Dorset
1,1709.19Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
3817.74Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1234.95Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
1,42835.94Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
3678.91Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
5559.10Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
6,85924.81Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural DistrictEast Dorset
Stalbridge (town)2,69823.63Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Steeple with Tyneham [23] 20629.65Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
33413.50Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
23812.10Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
57911.39Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
6179.58Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
4398.26Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
5926.93Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
42520.62Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
1,96920.85Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
Sturminster Newton (town)4,29218.39Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
2004.65Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Swanage (town)9,60111.21Swanage Urban District[24] Purbeck
1024.56Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
41420.75Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1,05915.28Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
23314.02Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
28013.16Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
3105.45Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
4986.44Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
1,9868.62Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
16613.40Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
68722.80Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
9399.63Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
2369.11Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1401.53Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
30712.82Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
3176.53Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Verwood (town) 14,85217.52Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
2,77429.77Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
Wareham Town (town) 5,4966.35Wareham Municipal Borough[25] Purbeck
1619.16Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
3756.57Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
71410.42Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
7,5618.54Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
3,5854.52Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
2914.00Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
2718.15Shaftesbury Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Whitchurch Canonicorum68417.43Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Wimborne Minster (town) 6,7902.64Wimborne Minster Urban District[26] East Dorset
37724.04Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
66916.02Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
17417.41Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1837.98Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
64311.27Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
75514.37Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
65318.62Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
75713.89Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
2037.78Blandford Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
3556.12Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
2977.40Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
3988.54Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
52210.49Wimborne and Cranborne Rural DistrictEast Dorset
Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
5,31014.71Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
1309.00Sturminster Rural DistrictNorth Dorset
34514.45Bridport Rural DistrictWest Dorset
63810.96Wareham and Purbeck Rural DistrictPurbeck
Beaminster Rural DistrictWest Dorset
18618.08Dorchester Rural DistrictWest Dorset
1,1055.98Sherborne Rural DistrictWest Dorset

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10173346 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District
  2. Web site: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Registration District. UKBMD. 5 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Ordnance Survey. 8 June 2019.
  4. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10087223 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Dorchester Rural District
  5. Web site: Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle. ONS. 9 March 2018.
  6. https://archive.today/20121224115704/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10173292 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Wareham and Purbeck Rural District
  7. https://archive.today/20120918204718/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10001894 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District
  8. https://archive.today/20120919081146/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10034437 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Blandford Rural District
  9. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10108111 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Shaftesbury Rural District
  10. https://archive.today/20120918214731/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10108100 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Bridport Rural District
  11. Web site: Dorset Registration District. UKBMD. 5 August 2024.
  12. https://archive.today/20121224094156/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10042197 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Sherborne Rural District
  13. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10100951 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Beaminster Rural District
  14. https://archive.today/20121224113209/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10108081 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Blandford Forum Municipal Borough
  15. https://archive.today/20120918131439/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10153268 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Bridport Municipal Borough
  16. https://archive.today/20120919001100/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10025886 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Sturminster Rural District
  17. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10001869 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Dorchester Municipal Borough
  18. Web site: The East Dorset (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2015. Lgbce. 9 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015202329/https://www.lgbce.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/26098/EastDorset-RoCG-Order-No1-2015.pdf. 15 October 2017. dead.
  19. https://archive.today/20120915062853/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10108093 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Lyme Regis Municipal Borough
  20. https://archive.today/20121224131131/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10216072 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Portland Urban District
  21. https://archive.today/20121224221353/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10042185 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Shaftesbury Municipal Borough
  22. https://archive.today/20121224094845/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10093259 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Sherborne Urban District
  23. Web site: The Purbeck District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2014. Lgbce. 9 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20171110225234/https://www.lgbce.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/26104/PurbeckOrder-2014-01-15.pdf. 2017-11-10. dead.
  24. https://archive.today/20120919075533/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10135151 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Swanage Urban District
  25. https://archive.today/20121224074447/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10173280 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Wareham Municipal Borough
  26. https://archive.today/20120914131058/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10074162 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Wimborne Minster Urban District