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Dorset
Dorset is an historic county of England. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.)
From The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72):
A maritime county; bounded, on the NW, by Somerset; on the NE, by Wilts; on the E, by Hants; on the S, by the English channel; on the W, by Devon.
The seven borough, and Wareham, Wimborne-Minster, Beaminster, Sherborne, Cerne-Abbas, Stalbridge, Swanage, Corfe-Castle, and Milton-Abbas are or were market-towns; and there are about 360 smaller towns, villages, and hamlets.
Also known as Dorsetshire.
Former and merged names include:
· Wessex
Quotes:
"This is England's vulnerable underbelly where people scare themselves to sleep with dreams of strangers and invasions. Here in Dorset a pet monkey swam ashore, the lone survivor of a wrecked ship. The local vigilantes put it to death because they thought it was a French spy..."
-- Coasting
Jonathan Raban
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| | Communities | Communities in Dorset include Abbotsbury, Alderney, Beaminster, Bere Regis, Blandford Forum, Bothenhampton, Bridport, Cerne Abbas, Chaldon Herring, Charmouth ... View communities
| | Family history & family records | Birth, marriage and death records - nationwide
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Census records
Family Records Centre
Genuki - Dorset
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GenWeb page for Dorset
Dorset Family History Society
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General Register Office - UK
Immigration records
Military records
Probate records - Guide to obtaining
Wills - Search National Archives
| | Obituaries | Search obituaries
| | Parishes | Parishes in Dorset include Abbotsbury, Affpuddle, Allington, Almer, Alton Pancras, Arne, Ashmore, Askerswell, Athelhampton with Burleston, Batcombe ... View parishes
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