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

BOVERIDGE, or Bouridge, a tything in Cranborne parish, Dorset; 1¼ mile NE by N of Cranborne. Pop., 174. It has a chapel-of-ease, and an almshouse; and is a curacy with Cranborne. Boveridge House is the seat of the Brounckers.

Boveridge through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25969

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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