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The following appear as names for Dorset. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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DORSET | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
DORSETSHIRE | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
DORSETSHIRE OR DORSET | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Dorset. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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DORSET | Administrative County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 591. |
Ancient County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 103. | |
Archdeaconry | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 785. | |
Constituency (PCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
Modern (post 1974) County | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) | |
Poor Law/Registration County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 103. | |
DORSET COUNTY | 1841 Occupation reporting area | 1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'. |
DORSET NORTH | Constituency (CCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970 (Chichester: Political Reference Publications, 1971) |
DORSETSHIRE | Administrative County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 591. |
Ancient County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 103. | |
Constituency (PCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
Poor Law/Registration County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 103. | |
DORSETSHIRE NORTH DORSET | Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
DORSETSHIRE SOUTH DORSET | Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
DORSETSHIRE WEST DORSET | Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
DORSET SOUTH | Constituency (CCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970 (Chichester: Political Reference Publications, 1971) |
DORSET WEST | Constituency (CCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970 (Chichester: Political Reference Publications, 1971) |
NORTH DORSET | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SOUTH DORSET | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
WEST DORSET | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Dorset, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Dorset, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dorset | Place names for the county, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17439/names
Date accessed: 19th April 2024