In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tollerford like this:

TOLLERFORD, a hundred in Dorchester, Sherborne, and Cerne divisions, Dorset; containing eleven parishes and a part. Acres, 13,883, 1,526, and 1,025. Pop. in 1851, 2,928, 164, and 184. Houses, 565,33, and 33.

Tollerford through time

Tollerford is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tollerford itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tollerford in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20636

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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