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Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
GOREWOOD	Preferred	English		1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
GORE WOOD	Alternate	English			1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	GOREWOOD EExP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Ecclesiastical parishes or districts - Families or separate occupiers, and population, 1911'.

Unit history

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. 111.
CERNE PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1858		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
DORCHESTER RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1858		1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
CERNE RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
CERNE RD	Local Government District		1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
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'.
PIDDLETRENTHIDE Liberty	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1933	was abolished to enlarge	MINTERNE MAGNA AP/CP	Area: 51 acres. Population in 1931: 0.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 77049. The Dorsetshire Review Order, 1933

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.