Bournemouth

Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...

• St Clement's Church, Boscombe
  Boscombe
  Boscombe is a suburb of Bournemouth. Located to the east of Bournemouth town centre and west of Southbourne, It developed rapidly from a small village as a seaside resort alongside Bournemouth after the first Boscombe pier was built in 1888...
  
  
• St Peter's Church
  St Peter's Church, Bournemouth
  St Peter's Church is a Church of England parish church in Bournemouth in the English county of Dorset. The building, which is a Grade I listed building, was completed in 1879 to a design by G.E. Street as the founding mother church of Bournemouth. It has unusual paintings, notable stained glass and...
  
  , Bournemouth
• St Stephen's Church
  St Stephen's Church, Bournemouth
  St Stephen's Church is an Anglican church in Bournemouth, Dorset . The liturgical life of the Church is deeply rooted in a rich Anglo-Catholic tradition; the Church boasting a magnificent Lady Chapel, celebrating Marian masses, benediction and recitation of the Rosary for The Society of Mary...
  
  , Bournemouth

Christchurch

Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

• Waterloo Bridge, Christchurch
• Christchurch Castle
  Christchurch Castle
  Christchurch Castle is located in Christchurch, Dorset, England . The earliest stonework has been dated to 1160 AD. It is a Norman motte and bailey castle...
  
  
• The Constable's House, Christchurch
• Town Bridge, Christchurch
• Highcliffe Castle
  Highcliffe Castle
  Highcliffe Castle, situated on the cliffs at Highcliffe, Dorset, was built between 1831 and 1835 by Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay in a Gothic Revival style on the site of High Cliff house, a Georgian Mansion designed for the 3rd Earl of Bute with the gardens laid out by Capability...
  
  , Christchurch
• Christchurch Priory
  Christchurch Priory
  Christchurch Priory is an ecclesiastical parish and former priory church in Christchurch in the English county of Dorset .-Early history:...
  
   and Parish Church

East Dorset

East Dorset

East Dorset is a local government district in Dorset, England. Its council is based in Furzehill, near Wimborne Minster.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Wimborne Minster Urban District with part of the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District and the Wimborne and Cranborne...

• Church of All Saints, Chalbury
  Chalbury
  Chalbury is a village in east Dorset, England, four miles north of Wimborne Minster and four miles west of Verwood. The village has a population of 140 .-Fiction:...
  
  
• Church of SS Mary & Bartholomew, Cranborne
  Cranborne
  Cranborne is a village in East Dorset, England. In 2001 the village had a population of 779 people. The town is situated on chalk downland called Cranborne Chase, part of a large expanse of chalk in southern England which includes the nearby Salisbury Plain and Dorset Downs.-History:The village...
  
  
• Church of All Saints, Gussage All Saints
  Gussage All Saints
  Gussage All Saints is a village in Dorset, England situated 8 miles north east of Blandford.The Ecclesiastical Parish of Gussage All Saints since 2001, is one of ten Ecclesiastical Parishes which form ‘The Chase Benefice’ under its first incumbent the Reverend Dr Michael Foster...
  
  , Cranborne
• Cranborne Manor House
• Church of St Michael, Gussage St Michael
  Gussage St Michael
  Gussage Saint Michael is a small village in East Dorset, in the south of England. Asof the 2001 census, the village has a population of 219. Gussage St Michael is tucked off the main A354 as it runs through the Cranborne Chase, ten miles from Blandford Forum and fourteen miles from Salisbury. The...
  
  
• Church of St Welfrida, Horton
  Horton, Dorset
  Horton is a village in East Dorset, England, situated on the boundary between the chalk downland of Cranborne Chase and the heathland of the New Forest, ten miles north of Poole...
  
  
• Crichel House
  Crichel House
  Crichel House is a country house located near the village of Moor Crichel in Dorset, England. It is surrounded by of parkland, which includes a crescent-shaped lake covering ....
  
  , Moor Crichel
  Moor Crichel
  Moor Crichel is a village and civil parish in East Dorset, England situated on Cranborne Chase five miles east of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 181 ....
  
  
• Julian's Bridge, Pamphill
• Kingston Lacy
  Kingston Lacy
  Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, now owned by the National Trust. From the 17th to the late 20th centuries it was the family seat of the Bankes family, who had previously resided nearby at Corfe Castle until its destruction in the English Civil War...
  
  , Pamphill
  Pamphill
  Pamphill is a village in south-east Dorset, England, just outside Wimborne Minster, four miles north of Poole. The village has a population of 704 .-St Stephen's:...
  
  
• Church of St Bartholomew, Shapwick
  Shapwick, Dorset
  Shapwick is a village and civil parish in east Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour five miles south east of Blandford Forum and eight miles north of Poole...
  
  
• White Mill Bridge, Shapwick/Sturminster Marshall
• Church of St Andrew, Sixpenny Handley
  Sixpenny Handley
  Sixpenny Handley is a village and civil parish in north east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase ten miles north east of Blandford Forum...
  
  , Gussage St Andrew
• Church of St Mary, Sturminster Marshall
  Sturminster Marshall
  Sturminster Marshall is a village and civil parish in east Dorset in England, situated on the River Stour between Blandford Forum and Poole. The parish has a population of 1,895 , and includes the village of Almer west of Sturminster Marshall, near Winterborne Zelston and the hamlet of Henbury to...
  
  
• Dean's Court, Wimborne Minster
  Wimborne Minster
  Wimborne Minster is a market town in the East Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town...
  
  
• Minster Church of St Cuthburga, Wimborne Minster
• Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles
  Wimborne St Giles
  Wimborne St Giles is a village in east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase seven miles north of Wimborne Minster which is north of Poole. The village has a population of 366 ....
  
  
• St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles
  St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles
  St Giles House is located on the Shaftesbury Estate in Wimborne St Giles in East Dorset in England, just south of Cranborne Chase. This is the ancestral home and centre of business of the Ashley-Coopers, also known as the Earls of Shaftesbury, who are a conservative, aristocratic family that owns a...
  
  

North Dorset

North Dorset

North Dorset is a local government district in Dorset, England. It is largely rural, but includes the towns of Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Stalbridge and Sturminster Newton. Much of North Dorset is in the River Stour valley and is called the Blackmore Vale...

• Anderson Manor
• Church of St Andrew
  St Andrew's Church, Winterborne Tomson
  St Andrew's Church in Winterborne Tomson, Dorset, England, was built in the 12th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust...
  
  , Winterborne Tomson
  Winterborne Tomson
  Winterborne Tomson is a village in Dorset, England.- Overview :The first name of "Winterborne" comes from the River Winterborne, which flows from west to east through the village.The river only flows overground during the winter, hence the name....
  
  , Anderson
• 18 & 20 Market Place, Blandford Forum
• 26 Market Place, Blandford Forum
• National Westminster Bank building, Market Place, Blandford Forum
• Pump House, Blandford Forum (Market Place)
• Town Hall & Corn Exchange, Blandford Forum
• The Old House, Blandford Forum
• Coupar House, Blandford Forum
• Portman Chapel, Bryanston
  Bryanston
  Bryanston is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour one mile west of Blandford Forum. The parish has a population of 968 . The village is adjacent to the grounds of Bryanston School, an independent school.The village was named after Brian de Lisle, a...
  
  
• Bryanston School
  Bryanston School
  Bryanston School is a co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils in Blandford, north Dorset, England, near the village of Bryanston. It was founded in 1928...
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Charlton Marshall
  Charlton Marshall
  Charlton Marshall is a village in north Dorset, England, situated beside the River Stour on the A350 road two miles south of the market town Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 1,150 ....
  
  
• Chettle House
• Church of St Mary, East Compton: Tower
• Church of St Mary, Gillingham
  Gillingham, Dorset
  Gillingham is a town in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. The town is the most northerly in the county. It is 3 miles south of the A303 lying on the B3092 and B3081. It is near to the town of Shaftesbury which lies 7 miles to the south east. Neighbouring hamlets included Peacemarsh, Bay...
  
  
• Church of St Paul, Hammoon
  Hammoon
  Hammoon is a hamlet and parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district of the county. It is sited on alluvial silt by the River Stour, approximately 2 miles east of the town of Sturminster Newton...
  
  
• Church of SS Mary & James, Hazelbury Bryan
  Hazelbury Bryan
  Hazelbury Bryan is a village in Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale five miles south west of Sturminster Newton. At the Census 2001 the parish had a population of 800. It includes the hamlets of Droop, Kingston, Parkgate, Pidney, Pleck, Wonston and Woodrow.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Church of All Saints, Hilton
  Hilton, Dorset
  Hilton is a village in north Dorset, England. It lies at an altitude of 135 metres in a small valley in the eastern part of the Dorset Downs. The summit of Bulbarrow Hill is 1.5 miles north of the village. The nearest town is Blandford Forum, which lies 8 miles east-north-east...
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Iwerne Courtney
  Iwerne Courtney
  Iwerne Courtney, also known as Shroton, is a village in north Dorset, England, north-west of Blandford Forum. It lies on the River Iwerne under Hambledon Hill to the south-west and with Cranborne Chase to the east. The village has a population of 400 .- External links :*...
  
   (Shroton)
• Ranston, Iwerne Courtney (Shroton)
• Church of St Mary, Iwerne Minster
  Iwerne Minster
  Iwerne Minster is a village in North Dorset, England, situated under Cranborne Chase in the Blackmore Vale just off the A350. The village has a population of 889 . A cheese shop employs 57 persons...
  
  
• Stepleton House, Iwerne Minster
• West Lodge, Iwerne Minster
• Church of St Nicholas, Manston
  Manston, Dorset
  Manston is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale two miles east of Sturminster Newton. The village has a population of 135 .-External links:*...
  
  
• Church of SS Peter & Paul, Mappowder
  Mappowder
  Mappowder is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale nine miles south east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 137 . The name of the village comes from mapuldor, Old English for 'maple tree'...
  
  
• Church of St Gregory, Marnhull
  Marnhull
  Marnhull is a village in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England. It is north of Sturminster Newton, between Shaftesbury and Sherborne and about north of Bournemouth and Weymouth...
  
  
• Abbey Church of SS Mary, Sansom & Branwalader, Milton Abbey
  Milton Abbey
  Milton Abbey School is a British independent school in the Dorset countryside. It has 227 pupils in six boarding Houses, called Athelstan, Bancks, Damer, Hambro, Middleton and Tregonwell. Founded in 1954, it welcomes boys from 13 to 16 years and is coeducational in the sixth form.The school has a...
  
  
• Milton Abbey: Chapel of St Catherine
• Milton Abbey: The Abbot's Hall & kitchen,
• Milton Abbey School
• Park Wall, Shaftesbury
• Shaftesbury Abbey
  Shaftesbury Abbey
  Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. Founded in the year 888, the abbey was the wealthiest Benedictine nunnery in England, a major pilgrimage site, and the town's central focus...
  
  : remains
• Church of the Holy Rood, Shillingstone
  Shillingstone
  Shillingstone is a village in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Sturminster Newton and Blandford Forum...
  
  
• Church of St Nicholas, Silton
  Silton
  Silton is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale four miles north west of Gillingham. The village has a population of 134 ....
  
  
• Church of St John, Spetisbury
  Spetisbury
  Spetisbury is a village in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour and the A350 road, four miles south east of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 542 . It is notable for being a very linear settlement, with mostly only one line of buildings adjacent to the A350 road...
  
  
• Crawford Bridge, Spetisbury
• Church of St Michael, Stour Provost
  Stour Provost
  Stour Provost is a village in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Sturminster Newton and Gillingham. The village has a population of 560 . 5.6% of dwellings are second homes....
  
  
• Church of St Peter, Stourton Caundle
  Stourton Caundle
  Stourton Caundle is a village in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, about 5 miles east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 408 .The village was a venue for stave dances.-External links:*...
  
  
• Town Bridge, Sturminster Newton
• Fiddleford Mill House, Sturminster Newton
• Church of St Mary, Sturminster Newton
  Sturminster Newton
  Sturminster Newton, known to locals as Stur, is a town in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. It is situated on a low limestone ridge in a meander of the River Stour. The town is at the centre of a large dairy agriculture region, around which the town's economy is built...
  
  
• Church of St Mary
  St Mary the Virgin, Tarrant Crawford
  The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Tarrant Crawford, Dorset, England, was built in the 12th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust...
  
  , Tarrant Crawford
  Tarrant Crawford
  Tarrant Crawford is a small village at the end of the Tarrant Valley in Dorset, England. It is mainly a farm with a few houses. OS maps show it at the position of Tarrant Abbey, an even smaller village with only three houses. Although still part of the farm, it is referred to by the locals as a...
  
  
• Eastbury House, Tarrant Gunville, W courtyard & gateway
• Church of St Mary, Tarrant Hinton
  Tarrant Hinton
  Tarrant Hinton is a village in North Dorset, England, situated in the Tarrant Valley five miles north-east of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 195 ....
  
  
• Manor House, Winterborne Clenston
• Manor Farm Barn, Winterborne Clenston
  Winterborne Clenston
  Winterborne Clenston is a village in Dorset, England.The first name of "Winterborne" comes from the River Winterborne, which flows from north to south through the village.The river only flows overground during the winter, hence the name....
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Winterborne Stickland
  Winterborne Stickland
  Winterborne Stickland is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated in the North Dorset administrative district of the county, about four miles west of the town of Blandford Forum. It is sited in a winterbourne valley in the Dorset Downs. The village has a population of 576...
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Winterborne Whitechurch
  Winterborne Whitechurch
  Winterborne Whitechurch, also Winterborne Whitchurch, is a village in central Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley on the A354 road on the Dorset Downs five miles south west of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 694 ....
  
  

Poole

Poole

Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council...

• Canford School
  Canford School
  Canford School is a coeducational independent school for both day and boarding pupils, in the village of Canford Magna, near to the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, in South West England. The school was founded in 1923. There are approximately 600 pupils at Canford, organised into houses...
  
  , Canford Magna
  Canford Magna
  Canford Magna is a village in Dorset, England. The village is situated just south of the River Stour and lies in between the towns of Wimborne Minster and Poole. The village is the site of the large boarding school - Canford School. The school was previously the mansion and estate of Lord Wimborne....
  
  
• Canford School: John of Gaunt's Kitchen
• Canford School: Nineveh Court, Carriage Arch & screen wall
• Parish Church, Canford Magna
  Canford Magna
  Canford Magna is a village in Dorset, England. The village is situated just south of the River Stour and lies in between the towns of Wimborne Minster and Poole. The village is the site of the large boarding school - Canford School. The school was previously the mansion and estate of Lord Wimborne....
  
  
• Old Town House, Poole, (Scaplens Court Museum)
• Sir Peter Thompson House, Poole
• Merley House, Poole
• The Town Cellar, Poole

Purbeck

Purbeck

Purbeck is a local government district in Dorset, England. The district is named after the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula that forms a large proportion of the district's area. However the district extends significantly further north and west than the traditional boundary of the Isle of Purbeck along...

• Church of St Laurence, Affpuddle
  Affpuddle
  Affpuddle is a small village and civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset in South West England, east of Dorchester. The local travel links are from the village to Moreton railway station and to Bournemouth International Airport. Part of the village street is the B3390, which divides the...
  
  
• Church of St Nicholas, Arne
  Arne, Dorset
  Arne is a large village and civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England; situated east of Wareham. The local travel links are located from the village to Holton Heath railway station and to Bournemouth International Airport. The main road through the village is Arne Road connecting...
  
  
• Church of St John the Baptist, Bere Regis
  Bere Regis
  Bere Regis is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated north-west of Wareham.The village has one shop, a post office and two pubs, The Royal Oak and The Drax Arms. The parish church is St. John the Baptist Church...
  
  
• Church of St Andrew, Bloxworth
  Bloxworth
  Bloxworth is a village and civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated in Wareham Forest on the A35 road west of Poole. The village has a population of 187 . Bloxworth Heath is part of Wareham Forest....
  
  
• Bloxworth House, wall & gate piers on E
• Barnston Manor & attached farm building on SE, Church Knowle
  Church Knowle
  Church Knowle is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset, in the south of England.Church Knowle is situated about one mile west of Corfe Castle, four miles south of Wareham and about six miles west of Swanage. The village has a population of 303 , 9.7% of dwellings are...
  
  
• Corfe Castle
  Corfe Castle
  Corfe Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is the site of a ruined castle of the same name. The village and castle stand over a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The village lies in the gap below the castle, and is some eight...
  
  
• Church of St James, Corfe Castle
• Lulworth Castle
  Lulworth Castle
  Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, situated south of Wool, is an early 17th century mock castle. The stone building has now been re-built as a museum....
  
  
• Chapel of St Mary, Lulworth Park (Roman Catholic)
• Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lytchett Matravers
  Lytchett Matravers
  Lytchett Matravers is a large village and civil parish in the District of Purbeck within Dorset, England. The village has a population of 3,309.-Location:...
  
  
• Charborough Park
  Charborough House
  Charborough House is located between Sturminster Marshall and Bere Regis in Dorset, England. The Deer Park and estate adjoins the villages of Winterborne Zelston, Newton Peveril and Lytchett Matravers...
  
  , Morden
  Morden
  Morden is a district in the London Borough of Merton. It is located approximately South-southwest of central London between Merton Park , Mitcham , Sutton and Worcester Park .- Origin of name :...
  
  
• Creech Grange
  Creech Grange
  Creech Grange is an elegant country house, south of Wareham at the foot of the Purbeck Hills.- History :The house was built by Sir Oliver Lawrence, who acquired the land from the former Bindon Abbey, near Wool, after Henry VIII had abolished the monasteries in 1539...
  
  , Moreton
  Moreton, Dorset
  Moreton is a village in Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome eight miles east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 270 . It has a number of long distance foot paths and cycle ways passing through it: the Purbeck cycle way, Route 2 , the Frome valley trail, the Jubilee trail, and...
  
  
• Church of St Michael, Steeple Moreton
• Moreton House
• Church of St Nicholas, Studland
  Studland
  Studland is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is famous for its beaches and nature reserve. In 2001 Studland had a population of 480, the lowest in 50 years...
  
  
• Godlingston Manor, Swanage
  Swanage
  Swanage is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England. It is situated at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck, approximately 10 km south of Poole and 40 km east of Dorchester. The parish has a population of 10,124 . Nearby are Ballard Down and Old Harry Rocks,...
  
  
• Church of Lady St Mary, Wareham
  Wareham, Dorset
  Wareham is an historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. The town is situated on the River Frome eight miles southwest of Poole.-Situation and geography:...
  
   (Grade A)
• The Manor House, Wareham Town (9 South St), inc garden wall
• Holy Trinity Gallery, Wareham
• Bindon Abbey
  Bindon Abbey
  Bindon Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, of which only ruins remain, on the River Frome about half a mile east of Wool in the Purbeck District, Dorset, England.- History :...
  
  , Wool: remains
• Church of St Nicholas, Worth Matravers
  Worth Matravers
  Worth Matravers is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The village is situated on the cliffs west of Swanage. It comprises limestone cottages and farm houses and is built around a pond, which is a regular feature on postcards of the Isle of Purbeck.The civil parish stretches...
  
  
• St Aldhelm's Chapel, Worth Matravers
• Priory of Lady St Mary, Wareham Town, & walls to W

West Dorset

West Dorset

West Dorset is a local government district and parliamentary constituency in Dorset, England. Its council is based in Dorchester. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the boroughs of Bridport, Dorchester and Lyme Regis, along with...

• Abbotsbury Abbey
  Abbotsbury Abbey
  The Abbey of St Peter was a Benedictine monastery in the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England. The abbey was founded in the eleventh century by King Cnut's thegn Orc and his wife Tola, who handsomely endowed the monastery with lands in the area. The abbey prospered and became a local centre of...
  
  : Abbey Church of St Peter: & walls to W
• Abbotsbury Abbey: Abbey Dairy House
• Abbotsbury Abbey: The Malthouse (E of Abbey House) & walling
• Abbotsbury Abbey: Tithe Barn, Abbotsbury
• Church of St Nicholas, Abbotsbury
  Abbotsbury
  Abbotsbury is a large village and civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England; situated north-west of Weymouth. It is located from Upwey railway station and from Bournemouth International Airport. The main road running through the village is the B3157, connecting Abbotsbury to...
  
  
• St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury
• Athelhampton Hall
• Church of St Mary, Batcombe
• Church of St Mary, Beaminster
  Beaminster
  Beaminster is a small town and civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, at the head of the valley of the River Brit. Beaminster is south of Bristol, west of Bournemouth, east of Exeter and northwest of the county town of Dorchester...
  
  
• Parnham House, Beaminster
• Church of the Holy Trinity, Bincombe
  Bincombe
  Bincombe is a large village in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England; situated north of Weymouth. The local travel links are located from the village to Upwey railway station and to Bournemouth International Airport. The main road running through the village is Icen Lane...
  
  
• Church of St Peter & St Paul, Bishops Caundle
• Old Holy Trinity Church
  Holy Trinity Old Church, Bothenhampton
  Holy Trinity Old Church in Bothenhampton, Dorset, England was built in the 14th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust...
  
  , Bothenhampton
  Bothenhampton
  Bothenhampton is a village in south west Dorset, England, just outside the town of Bridport. It is separated from the town only by the River Asker and the A35 Bridport by-pass. The village has a population of 2,186 , of which 45.5% are retired....
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Bradford Abbas
  Bradford Abbas
  Bradford Abbas is a village in north west Dorset, England, three miles south east of Yeovil and five miles south west of Sherborne. The village has a population of 936...
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Bradford Abbas: churchyard cross 7m NW of tower
• Town Hall, Bridport
• Church of St Mary, South St, Bridport
  Bridport
  Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England. Located near the coast at the western end of Chesil Beach at the confluence of the River Brit and its Asker and Simene tributaries, it originally thrived as a fishing port and rope-making centre...
  
   (Grade A)
• Church of the Holy Rood, Buckland Newton
  Buckland Newton
  Buckland Newton is a village in north Dorset, England, situated under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, six miles south of Sherborne. The village has a population of 618 . People have worshipped at the Church of the Holy Rood in Buckland Newton since the 13th century.The village lies within the...
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Burton Bradstock
  Burton Bradstock
  Burton Bradstock is a village in south west Dorset, England. The village has a population of 979 . Situated on the Chesil Beach, east of Bridport the village nestles around the church of St...
  
  
• Sherborne Castle
  Sherborne Castle
  Sherborne Castle is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of Sherborne in Dorset, England. The park formed only a small part of the Digby estate.-Old castle:Sherborne Old Castle is the ruin of a 12th-century castle in the grounds of the mansion...
  
  , Castleton
  Castleton, Dorset
  Castleton is a village in west Dorset, England. The village had a population of 130 in 2001. Castleton is in the group parish of Yeo Head together with the three village parishes of Poyntington, Goathill and Oborne. This parish is within the district of West Dorset....
  
  
• Sherborne Old Castle, Castleton
• Chantmarle, Cattistock (Police Training College)
• Church of St Peter & St Paul, Cattistock
  Cattistock
  Cattistock is a village in west Dorset, England, sited in the upper reaches of the Frome Valley eight miles north west of Dorchester. The Dorset poet William Barnes called it "elbow-streeted Cattstock", a comment on the less-than-linear village street...
  
  
• Pitchmarket, Cerne Abbas
• 7 Abbey St, Cerne Abbas
• 9 Abbey St, Cerne Abbas
• Church of St Mary, Cerne Abbas
  Cerne Abbas
  Cerne Abbas is a village located in the valley of the River Cerne, between steep chalk downland in central Dorset, England. The village is located just to the east of the A352 road north of Dorchester. There was a population of 732 at the 2001 census, a figure which has fallen from 780 in 1998.In...
  
  
• Cerne Abbey
  Cerne Abbey
  Cerne Abbey was a Benedictine monastery founded in 987 AD in the town now called Cerne Abbas by Æthelmær the Stout. Ælfric of Eynsham, the most prolific writer in Old English was known to have spent time at the abbey as a priest and teacher....
  
  
• Cerne Abbey: Churchyard Cross
• Cerne Abbey: Guest House
• Cerne Abbey: The Abbot's Porch
• Tithe Barn, Cerne Abbas
• Church of St Mary, Charminster
  Charminster
  Charminster is a village in west Dorset, England, situated on the River Cerne and A352 road one mile north of Dorchester. The village has a population of 1,940 . The village has a small church of St. Mary. These two things give the village its name, Cerneminster , which eventually evolved into...
  
  
• Wolfeton House
  Wolfeton House
  Wolfeton House is an early Tudor and Elizabethan manor house in Dorset, England. It is situated amongst water-meadows north-west of Dorchester not far from the confluence of the rivers Frome and Cerne. It is near to the village of Charminster. The compact original courtyard section of the...
  
  , Charminster
• Church of St Martin, Cheselbourne
  Cheselbourne
  Cheselbourne is a village in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset Downs, seven miles north east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 301 . The village also benefits from a local public house called the Rivers Arms.- External links :*...
  
  
• Church of St Giles, Chideock
  Chideock
  Chideock is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated on the A35 trunk road between Bridport and Lyme Regis. The village has a population of 597 based on the 2001 census....
  
  
• The Parish Church, Chilcombe
• Clifton House, Clifton Maybank
  Clifton Maybank
  Clifton Maybank is a hamlet in west Dorset, England. It is perhaps best known for Clifton Maybank House, a country house with surviving Tudor fabric.-Clifton Maybank settlement:...
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Corscombe
  Corscombe
  Corscombe is a small village in west Dorset, England, halfway between Yeovil and Beaminster. The village has a population of 465 .The musician Polly Jean Harvey is a former resident....
  
  
• Dewlish House
• Max Gate
  Max Gate
  Max Gate is the former home of Thomas Hardy and is located in Dorchester, Dorset, England.Hardy designed and lived in Max Gate from 1885 until his death in 1928. It was here that he wrote Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure and The Mayor of Casterbridge, as well as much of his poetry.Max...
  
  , Dorchester
• Roman Town House, Dorchester
  Roman Town House, Dorchester
  The Roman Town House in Dorchester is a Roman ruin within Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset. Dorset County Council acquired Colliton Park in 1933 as the site for the construction of County Hall. The Town House was discovered in 1937/38 during an archaeological investigation carried out by the...
  
  
• The Shire Hall, Dorchester
• Church of St James, East Chelborough
  East Chelborough
  East Chelborough is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is located north-east of Beaminster.On the top of the ridge at the nearby Castle Hill are the earthwork remains of a motte-and-bailey castle.-External links:...
  
  
• Church of the Holy Trinity, Fleet
  Fleet, Dorset
  Fleet is a hamlet and parish in south Dorset, England, situated two miles west of Weymouth. The village is named for The Fleet, the nearby lagoon behind Chesil Beach. J. Meade Falkner's smuggling novel, Moonfleet is set in the village. On 24 November 1824 strong winds and a storm surge caused...
  
  
• Church of St Lawrence, Folke
  Folke
  Folke is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale south-east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 309 and an area of . Folke Wood is nearby.- External links :* *...
  
  
• West Hall, Folke
• Church of St Mary, Frampton
  Frampton
  - UK :Frampton means "farmstead on the River Frome", of which there are several.*Frampton, Dorset*Frampton, Lincolnshire*Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire*Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire*Frampton Mansell, Gloucestershire...
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Frome St Quintin
  Frome St Quintin
  Frome St Quintin is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley seven miles north of Dorchester. The village has a population of 157 . There are naturally occurring springs and the first habitation is likely to have been during the Roman era.- External links :*...
  
  
• Church of Holy Trinity, Godmanstone
  Godmanstone
  Godmanstone is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Cerne Valley four miles north of Dorchester and south of Cerne Abbas. The village has a population of 144 in about 60 homes....
  
  
• Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holnest
  Holnest
  Holnest is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale four miles south of Sherborne. The village has a population of 174 .-External links:*...
  
  
• Church of St Lawrence, Holwell
  Holwell, Dorset
  Holwell is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale five miles south east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 380 . Until 1844, Holwell was an exclave of Somerset.-External links:*...
  
  
• Church of St Giles, Hooke
  Hooke
  Hooke may refer to:* Hooke, Dorset, England** River Hooke, nearby watercourse* Hooke * 3514 Hooke, asteroid- Persons with the surname Hooke :* John Hooke , Chancellor of the University of Cambridge...
  
  
• Kingston Russell House
• Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Leweston
• Church of St Martin, Lillington
  Lillington
  Lillington may refer to:Places:* Lillington, Dorset, a hamlet in north west Dorset, England* Lillington, Warwickshire, a part of Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, England* Lillington, North Carolina, a town in North Carolina in the United States...
  
   & churchyard boundary wall
• Church of St Mary, Litton Cheney
  Litton Cheney
  Litton Cheney is a village in south west Dorset, England, nine miles west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 348, according to the United Kingdom Census 2001....
  
  
• Church of St Mary Magdelene, Loders
  Loders
  Loders is a village in south west Dorset, England, two miles north east of Bridport. The village has a population of 502 . It is a linear village, sitting in a long valley between Waddon Hill and Boarsbarrow Hill, following the road between Bradpole and Askerswell, with another road parallel to...
  
  
• Church of St Peter, Long Bredy
  Long Bredy
  Long Bredy is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in a small valley seven miles west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 202 . The village has some notable history, being located near the strategic chalk hills it has some Iron Age and Roman history, including a stone circle,...
  
  
• Church of St James, Longburton
  Longburton
  Longburton is a village in west Dorset, England, three miles south of Sherborne. The village has a population of 435 .-Geography:...
  
  
• Buddle Bridge, Lyme Regis
• Bridge 15m NE of Buddle Bridge, Lyme Regis
• Congregational Church, Lyme Regis
  Lyme Regis
  Lyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, situated 25 miles west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. The town lies in Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset-Devon border...
  
  
• The Cobb, Lyme Regis: Cobb piers & walls inc N wall
• Church of St Mary, Maiden Newton
  Maiden Newton
  Maiden Newton is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, north of Dorchester. Located on the River Frome, the village has a population of 952 , of whom 29.7% are retired. Maiden Newton railway station, which serves the village, is situated on the Heart of Wessex Line...
  
  
• Mapperton Manor House
• Mapperton Manor House: Church of All Saints
• Mapperton Manor House: N stables
• Mapperton Manor House: S stables, barn & cart shed
• Church of St Mary, Melbury Bubb
  Melbury Bubb
  Melbury Bubb is a hamlet in north west Dorset, England, situated on a chalk hill seven miles south of Sherborne. It is just off the road between Dorchester and Yeovil in Somerset. The village has a population of 78 .-External links:*...
  
  
• Church of St Osmond, Melbury Osmond
  Melbury Osmond
  Melbury Osmond is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated on the A37 road seven miles south of Yeovil. The village has a population of 190 . It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as a possession of the Arundell family, and remained so until the 19th century. The parish church, St...
  
  
• Melbury House
  Melbury House
  Melbury House in Melbury Sampford near Evershot, Dorset, has been the seat of the Strangways family of Dorset since the estate was sold in 1500 by William Bruning to Henry Strangways. The present house was rebuilt after 1546 by his son, Sir Giles Strangways , using ham stone from a quarry nine...
  
  , Melbury Sampford
• Melbury House: stable yard to N
• Church of St Mary, Melbury House
  Melbury House
  Melbury House in Melbury Sampford near Evershot, Dorset, has been the seat of the Strangways family of Dorset since the estate was sold in 1500 by William Bruning to Henry Strangways. The present house was rebuilt after 1546 by his son, Sir Giles Strangways , using ham stone from a quarry nine...
  
  
• Bingham's Melcombe House, Melcombe Horsey
• Church of St Andrew, Melcombe Horsey
  Melcombe Horsey
  Melcombe Horsey is a village in west Dorset, England. The village has a population of 141 .Bingham's Melcombe is a medieval house nearby. It takes its name from Robert Bingham who acquired the property through marriage in the 13th Century. It remained in the Bingham family until 1895.The house...
  
  
• Higher Melcombe House, Melcombe Horsey & chapel
• Church of All Saints
  All Saints Church, Nether Cerne
  All Saints Church in Nether Cerne, Dorset, England was built in the late 13th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust...
  
  , Nether Cerne
• Church of St Nicholas, Nether Compton
  Nether Compton
  Nether Compton is a small village in north west Dorset, England, situated 3 miles west of Sherborne and 3 miles east of Yeovil.The village has an estimated population of 300 .-History: Nether Compton was burnt in 1066 by William, Duke of Normandy....
  
  
• Church of St Mary Church, Netherbury
  Netherbury
  Netherbury is a village in west Dorset, England, with a population of 1,276 . It is situated one mile south of Beaminster and five miles north of Bridport, just off the A3066 road.Netherbury consists of a church, a village hall, and a play park....
  
  
• Church of St Michael, Compton Park
• Moignes Court, Owermoigne
  Owermoigne
  Owermoigne is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated six miles south east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 450 .The parish was formerly part of hundred of Winfrith, and subsequently constituted a liberty by itself.-External links:...
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Piddlehinton
  Piddlehinton
  Piddlehinton is a village in west Dorset, England situated in the Piddle valley five miles north of Dorchester. The village has a population of around 600 .Piddlehinton formerly constituted a liberty containing only the parish itself....
  
  
• All Saints Church, Piddletrenthide
  Piddletrenthide
  Piddletrenthide is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Piddle valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, eight miles north of Dorchester. The village has a population of 691...
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Pilsdon
• Church of St Peter, Portesham
  Portesham
  Portesham is a village in the English county of Dorset, situated close to the south coast, between the towns of Weymouth and Dorchester. The village has a population of 708...
  
  
• Waddon Manor, Portesham; & courtyard walls, steps & gate piers
• Mappercombe Manor House, Powerstock
• Church of St Mary, Powerstock
  Powerstock
  Powerstock is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in a steep valley on the edge of the Dorset Downs, five miles north east of the market town of Bridport. The village contains many cottages and 2 inns: The Three Horseshoes near the church and The Marquis of Lorne Inn on the other...
  
  
• Poxwell House
• Church of All Saints, Poyntington
  Poyntington
  Poyntington is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale two miles north of Sherborne. The village has a population of 135.The parish was part of the hundred of Horethorne....
  
  
• Church of Saint Mary, Puddletown
  Puddletown
  Puddletown is a village in Dorset, England, 5 miles east of Dorchester in the River Piddle valley. The village has a population of 1,177 , of which 30.3% are retired....
  
  
• Waterston Manor, Puddletown
• Church of St Mary, Puncknowle
  Puncknowle
  Puncknowle is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated at in a steep valley beside Chesil Beach five miles east of Bridport. The village has a population of 429 . There is a single public house in the village called The Crown Inn, and many holiday properties.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Church of St Peter, Purse Caundle
  Purse Caundle
  Purse Caundle is a village in north west Dorset, England, about 5 miles east of Sherborne. The village has a population of 107 . The village is based around the large fifteenth-century Manor house.- External links :*...
  
  
• Church of St Michael & All Angels, Rampisham
  Rampisham
  Rampisham is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in a steep valley ten miles north west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 102...
  
  
• Church of St Nicholas, Sandford Orcas
  Sandford Orcas
  Sandford Orcas is a village and parish in north west Dorset, England, three miles north of Sherborne The village has a population of 195 . Just to the east of the village itself is the hamlet of Holway...
  
  
• Manor House, Sandford Orcas
• Hospital of St John the Baptist & St John the Evangelist, Sherborne
• Sherborne School
  Sherborne School
  Sherborne School is a British independent school for boys, located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. It is one of the original member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
  
  : that part on exterior of N Transept of Abbey Church
• Sherborne School: chapel
• Sherborne School: library
• Sherborne School: School House dining hall
• Sherborne School: School House Studies
• The Conduit, Sherborne (The Parade)
• Cemetery Gate, Sherborne
  Sherborne
  Sherborne is a market town in northwest Dorset, England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The A30 road, which connects London to Penzance, runs through the town. The population of the town is 9,350 . 27.1% of the population is aged 65 or...
  
  
• Abbey Grange, Sherborne
• Abbey Church of St Mary, Sherborne
• Church of St Mary, South Perrott
  South Perrott
  South Perrott is a village in northwest Dorset, England, two miles south east of Crewkerne. The village has a population of 247 .The name Perrott comes from the River Parrett.The manor was held with North Perrott just over the border in Somerset....
  
  
• Church of St Michael, Stinsford
  Stinsford
  Stinsford is a village in south west Dorset, England, one mile east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 346 , 13.5% of dwellings are second homes ....
  
  
• Kingston Maurward House, Stinsford
• Old Manor House, Stinsford
• Church of St Edwold
  St Edwold's Church, Stockwood
  St Edwold's Church in Stockwood, Dorset, England was rebuilt in the 15th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust...
  
  , Stockwood
  Stockwood, Dorset
  Stockwood is a village in west Dorset, England, around eight miles south-west of Sherborne and less than a mile away from Chetnole railway station on the Heart of Wessex Line. There are a few houses on the road leading to the A37 between Yeovil and Dorchester....
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Stoke Abbott
  Stoke Abbott
  Stoke Abbott is a village in west Dorset, England, two miles west of Beaminster. The village has a population of 209 , with 14.5% of dwellings being second homes...
  
  
• Church of St Mary, Stratton
  Stratton, Dorset
  Stratton is a civil parish in West Dorset, England, in the Frome valley about north-west of Dorchester. The parish includes the village itself and the hamlets of Grimstone, Ash Hill and Wrackleford, all of which lie on or near main road, the A37. Ash Hill is a small estate east of the village near...
  
  
• Church of Holy Trinity, Swyre
  Swyre
  Swyre is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in a valley beside Chesil Beach six miles south east of Bridport. The village has a population of 109 ....
  
  
• Church of St Nicholas, Sydling St Nicholas
  Sydling St Nicholas
  Sydling St Nicholas is a village in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It is situated in the West Dorset district of the county, about nine miles northwest of the county town of Dorchester. It is sited on Sydling Water, a tributary of the River Frome. Sydling Water divides upon entering the...
  
  
• Church of St John the Baptist, Symondsbury
  Symondsbury
  Symondsbury is a village in south west Dorset, England, west of Bridport and west of Dorchester. The village is located just to the north of the A35 trunk road, which runs between Southampton and Honiton. The village has a pub , a pottery and a primary school...
  
  
• Holditch Court, Thorncombe & tower
• Forde Abbey
  Forde Abbey
  Forde Abbey is a privately owned former Cistercian monastery in Dorset, England. The house and gardens are run as a tourist attraction while the estate is farmed to provide additional revenue...
  
  , Thorncombe
  Thorncombe
  Thorncombe is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated on the borders of Somerset and Devon, five miles south east of Chard. The civil parish has a population of 714 , and 8.4% of dwellings are second homes.-Geography:...
  
  
• Church of St John, Tolpuddle
  Tolpuddle
  Tolpuddle is a small village in the southern English county of Dorset, situated in the Piddle valley, eight miles east of Dorchester and 12 miles west of Poole. The village has a population of 331 ....
  
  
• Martyrs' Cottage, Tolpuddle
• Church Farmhouse, Trent
• Church of St Andrew, Trent
  Trent, Dorset
  Trent is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley four miles north west of Sherborne and four miles north east of Yeovil. It was formerly in Somerset...
  
  
• The Chantry, Trent & walls
• Dairy Cottage, Up Cerne
• Warmwell House
• Church of St Andrew, West Chelborough
• Church of St Peter, West Knighton
  West Knighton
  West Knighton may refer to:*West Knighton, Dorset, a village in England*West Knighton, Leicestershire, a suburb of Leicester, England...
  
  
• Church of St Andrew, West Stafford
  West Stafford
  West Stafford is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley two miles east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 270 . It contains 'The Wise Man Inn', which is the village pub, and St Andrew's Church. The river Winterbourne runs beside the village and 2 miles...
  
  
• Manor House, West Stafford
• Stafford House & garden walls, West Stafford
• Church of St Candida & the Holy Cross, Whitchurch Canonicorum
  Whitchurch Canonicorum
  Whitchurch Canonicorum or Whitechurch Canonicorum is a village in south-west Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale five miles northwest of Bridport.The village has a population of 647 ; 10.1% of dwellings are second homes...
  
  
• Whitcombe Church
  Whitcombe Church
  Whitcombe Church in Whitcombe, Dorset, England was built in the 12th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust...
  
  , Whitcombe
• Came House, Winterborne Came
• Church of St Peter
  St Peter's Church, Winterborne Came
  St Peter's Church in Winterborne Came, Dorset, England was built in the 14th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was vested in the Trust on 1 March 1989.The nave...
  
  , Winterborne Came
  Winterborne Came
  Winterborne Came is a parish and small dispersed settlement in the county of Dorset in England. It lies in the West Dorset administrative district, about a mile south-east of the county town of Dorchester. The settlement derives its name from the seasonal stream by which it is sited, and from the...
  
  
• Church of St Martin, Winterborne St Martin
• Church of St Mary, Winterbourne Abbas
  Winterbourne Abbas
  Winterborne Abbas is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in a valley on the A35 road west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 295 .The Nine Stones stone circle lies just to the west of the village just to the south of the A35 road....
  
  
• Church of St Michael, Winterbourne Abbas
  Winterbourne Abbas
  Winterborne Abbas is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in a valley on the A35 road west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 295 .The Nine Stones stone circle lies just to the west of the village just to the south of the A35 road....
  
  
• Woodsford Castle
• Church of St Mary, Wraxall
  Wraxall, Dorset
  Wraxall in the English county of Dorset is a civil parish consisting of two small villages - Higher Wraxall and Lower Wraxall - between Rampisham and Cattistock in West Dorset....
  
  
• Church of St Andrew, Yetminster
  Yetminster
  Yetminster is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the West Dorset administrative district of the county, about five miles south-west of the town of Sherborne. It is sited on the River Wriggle, a tributary of the River Yeo, and is built almost entirely of honey-coloured...
  
  

Weymouth and Portland

Weymouth and Portland

Weymouth and Portland is a local government district and borough in Dorset, England. It consists of the resort of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, Chiswell, Castletown, Fortuneswell, Radipole, Nottington,...

• Portland Castle
  Portland Castle
  Portland Castle is one of the Device Forts, also known as Henrician Castles, built in 1539 by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland to guard the natural Portland anchorage known as the Portland Roads. The castle lies in the far north of the island, in the village now called Castletown, near Fortuneswell...
  
  
• Rufus Castle
  Rufus Castle
  Rufus Castle, also known as Bow and Arrow Castle, is a ruined castle overlooking Church Ope Cove on Portland, England. The castle is a Grade I listed building, dating from the late C15, on the site of an earlier building...
  
   with Bridge, Portland
  Isle of Portland
  The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A tombolo over which runs the A354 road connects it to Chesil Beach and the mainland. Portland and...
  
  
• Church of St George, Portland
• Kings Statue, Weymouth
• Church of All Saints, Weymouth
• Church of St Mary, Weymouth