Alternative names

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Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
DORSET	Archdeaconry	1872	1970	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 775.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ASHMORE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1961	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
BLANDFORD FORUM EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1970	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
HANDLEY EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1970		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
IWERNE COURTNEY EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1955	1970	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
IWERNE STEPLETON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1970	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 113.
LANGTON LONG EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1970	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 113.
PENTRIDGE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1925	1970	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 116.
PIMPERNE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1970	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 116.
SHAPWICK EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1949	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
STOURPAINE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1970	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
TARRANT CRAWFORD EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
TARRANT GUNVILLE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1928	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
TARRANT GUNVILLE WITH TARRANT RUSHTON AND TARRANT RAWSTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1928	1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
TARRANT GUNVILLE WITH TARRANT RUSHTON AND TARRANT RAWSTON AND TARRANT KEYNSTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1932	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
TARRANT GUNVILLE WITH TARRANT RUSHTON TARRANT RAWSTON TARRANT KEYNSTON AND TARRANT CRAWFORD EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1937	1970	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
TARRANT HINTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1970	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
TARRANT KEYNSTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
TARRANT MONKTON WITH TARRANT LAUNCESTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1928	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
TARRANT RAWSTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1928	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
TARRANT RUSHTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1928	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
TOLLARD ROYAL EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1951	1970	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 550.
YETMINSTER EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1872	1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 124.