A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Dorchester. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.
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Dorchester RegD | |||||||||
Dorchester O41area | |||||||||
Dorchester PLU | |||||||||
Dorchester MB | |||||||||
Dorchester RD | |||||||||
Dorchester SubD | |||||||||
Dorchester USD | |||||||||
Dorchester RDean | |||||||||
Dorchester LabMkt | |||||||||
Dorchester RSD | |||||||||
Dorchester Borough | |||||||||
Dorchester Holy Trinity With Frome Whitfield EP | |||||||||
Dorchester CP | |||||||||
Dorchester St Peter and All Saints EP | |||||||||
Dorchester EP | |||||||||
Dorchester St Peter EP | |||||||||
Dorchester All Saints EP | |||||||||
Dorchester Holy Trinity AP/CP | |||||||||
Dorchester Holy Trinity EP | |||||||||
Dorchester All Saints AP/CP | |||||||||
Dorchester St Peter AP/CP |
Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts units with RD or RSD suffixes may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Dorchester.
Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Dorchester.
Constituencies | Start Date | End Date |
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Dorchester PBCon | 1832 | 1885 |
Dorsetshire Southern PDivCon | 1885 | 1948 |
Additional constituencies that covered Dorchester may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.
This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Dorchester:
Administrative Area: | Popu- lation |
Life+ Death |
Indu- stry |
Work+ Poverty |
Social Class |
Hous- ing |
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Roots+ Relig. |
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Fordington AP/CP | |||||||||
Dorchester All Saints AP/CP | |||||||||
Dorchester CP | |||||||||
Dorchester MB | |||||||||
Dorchester PLU | |||||||||
Dorchester RegD | |||||||||
West Dorset District | |||||||||
Dorset County O41area | |||||||||
Dorset AdmC | |||||||||
Dorset AncC | |||||||||
Dorset | |||||||||
Dorset RegC | |||||||||
the South West GovOf | |||||||||
Great Britain Dep | |||||||||
England and Wales Dep |
Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.
Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Dorchester.
Constituencies | Start Date | End Date |
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Dorsetshire PCon | 1832 | 1884 |
Dorsetshire Southern PDivCon | 1885 | 1917 |
Dorsetshire Western PDivCon | 1918 | 1948 |
West Dorset CCon | 1949 | 2009 |
Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Dorchester. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.