Dorchester Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD)

Created: 1837   Abolished: 1930

Statistics

Population

Population

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

Industry

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

Life & Death

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.
Housing

Housing

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

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
CERNE Registration sub-District     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
DORCHESTER Registration sub-District     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
MAIDEN NEWTON Registration sub-District     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
PUDDLETOWN Registration sub-District     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
ALTON PANCRAS AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ATHELHAMPTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BATCOMBE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
BRADFORD PEVERELL CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BROADMAYNE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BUCKLAND NEWTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BURLESTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CATTISTOCK AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
CERNE ABBAS AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
CHARMINSTER CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHESELBOURNE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHILFROME AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
COMPTON VALENCE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
DEWLISH CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
DORCHESTER ALL SAINTS AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1927 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
DORCHESTER HOLY TRINITY AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1894 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
DORCHESTER ST PETER AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1927 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
FORDINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1900 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
FRAMPTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
FROME ST QUINTIN AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
FROME VAUCHURCH CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLANVILLES WOOTTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
GODMANSTONE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
GOREWOOD CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858   1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
HERMITAGE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HILFIELD Ch/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
KINGSTON RUSSELL Hmlt/Tg/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LITTLEBREDY CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LONG BREDY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MAIDEN NEWTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MAPPOWDER CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
MELBURY BUBB CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
MELCOMBE HORSEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MINTERNE MAGNA AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NETHER CERNE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
PIDDLEHINTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PIDDLETRENTHIDE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PUDDLETOWN AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PULHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
STINSFORD AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
STRATTON Ch/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SYDLING ST NICHOLAS AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
TINCLETON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
TOLLER FRATRUM AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
TOLLER PORCORUM CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
TOLPUDDLE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
UP CERNE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WARMWELL CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WATERCOMBE ExP/CP Parish-level Unit 17 Mar 1862   1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
WEST COMPTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WEST KNIGHTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WEST STAFFORD AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WHITCOMBE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINTERBORNE CAME CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINTERBORNE HERRINGSTON Hmlt/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINTERBORNE MONKTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINTERBORNE STEEPLETON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINTERBORNE ST MARTIN AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINTERBOURNE ABBAS AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WOODSFORD AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WYNFORD EAGLE Ch/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
DORSET Poor Law/Registration County 1850   1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
17 Mar 1862 was enlarged by gaining part of WEYMOUTH RegD/PLU Upway lost the parish of Watercombe to Puddletown   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Feb 1895 was enlarged by gaining part of BRIDPORT RegD/PLU Part of Litton Cheney lost to Dorchester   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of Dorchester Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD)

If the boundaries of the Poor Law Union/Reg. District changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dorchester Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10428567

Date accessed: 08th April 2026