Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
DORSET	Archdeaconry	1872	1916	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 775.
SHERBORNE	Archdeaconry	1916	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 775.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BUCKLAND NEWTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
CERNE ABBAS EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1874	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
FROME ST QUINTIN EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
GODMANSTONE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1916	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
HASELBURY BRYAN EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
HERMITAGE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1916	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
HILFIELD EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
MAPPOWDER EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1937?	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
MAPPOWDER EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1954	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
MAPPOWDER WITH PLUSH EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1937	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
MELBURY BUBB EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1916	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
MINTERNE MAGNA EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 115.
NETHER CERNE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1874	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
PIDDLEHINTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 116.
PULHAM EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 117.
SPETISBURY EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
STOKE WAKE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1930	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
SYDLING ST NICHOLAS EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1916	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
UPCERNE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1874	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
WOOTTON GLANVILLE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1929	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.
WOOTTON GLANVILLE WITH HOLNEST EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1929	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.