Cerne Totbury and Modbury Hundred (Hundred) through time

Cerne Totbury and Modbury Hundred (Hundred)

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Authority
CERNE TOTBURY AND MODBURY	Preferred	English	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 591.
CERNE TOTCOMBE AND MODBARROW	Alternate	English	1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CERNE TOTCOMBE AND MODBURY	Alternate	English	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
CATTISTOCK AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
CERNE ABBAS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
GODMANSTONE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
HAWKCHURCH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
HILFIELD Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
NETHER CERNE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
WEST COMPTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 109.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
DORSET	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 591.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
	was created through the abolition of	MODBERGH Hundred		Great Britain Historical GIS Project
	was created through the abolition of	TOTECUMBE Hundred		Great Britain Historical GIS Project

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cerne Totbury and Modbury Hundred (Hundred) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10107003

Date accessed: 08th April 2026