Liberties were an administrative unit of local government in England from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century, co-existing with the then operative system of hundreds and boroughs but independent of both, generally for reasons of tenure. The following were the liberties in the county of Dorset and the areas they contained: *

Alton Pancras Alton Pancras is a small village and civil parish in Dorset, England. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 175. The village church is dedicated to Saint Pancras, which provides part of the village name. The parish was for ...

Bindon Liberty Bindon Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes: : Chaldon Herring : Edmondsham (part) :Moreton (part) :Pulham (part) :West Lulworth :Wool See also *List of liberties in Dorset Liberties were ...

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Chaldon Herring Chaldon Herring or East Chaldon is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, about south-east of the county town of Dorchester. It is sited from the coast in the chalk hills of the South Dorset Downs. The highest point in th ...

Edmondsham Edmondsham is a village in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated two miles north west of Verwood and ten miles north of Bournemouth. It is sited near the source of a small stream which flows into the River Allen. In the 2001 C ...

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West Lulworth West Lulworth is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated on the English Channel beside Lulworth Cove. In the 2011 census the civil parish—which includes most of Lulworth Camp army base—had 291 households and a po ...

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Broadwindsor Broadwindsor () is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies west of Beaminster. Broadwindsor was formerly a liberty, containing only the parish itself. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the popu ...

* Corfe Castle (also described as a hundred) * Dewlish Liberty: : Dewlish :

Milborne St Andrew Milborne St Andrew is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated on the A354 road, northeast of the county town Dorchester, in a winterbourne valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs. In the 2 ...

(part) * Fordington Liberty: : Fordington : Hermitage :

Minterne Magna Minterne Magna is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated midway between Dorchester and Sherborne. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 184. The village is sited near the source of the River Cerne among the chalk ...

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Dalwood Dalwood is a village and county parish in the East Devon district of the English county of Devon. It is approximately away from the nearest town, Axminster, and away from Honiton. Dalwood can be accessed by the nearby A35 road. The village is ...

, transferred to Devon 1844) *Frampton (liberty), Frampton Liberty: :Bettiscombe :Bincombe :Burton Bradstock :Compton Valence :Frampton, Dorset, Frampton :Winterborne Came (part) *Gillingham (liberty), Gillingham Liberty: :Bourton, Dorset, Bourton (from 1866) :Gillingham, Dorset, Gillingham :Motcombe *Halstock *Loders and Bothenhampton Liberty: :Bothenhampton :Loders *Owermoigne (formerly part of Winfrith (hundred), Winfrith Hundred) *Piddlehinton *Piddletrenthide (liberty), Piddletrenthide Liberty: :Gorewood (from 1858) :

(part) :Piddletrenthide *Isle of Portland, Portland *Powerstock (liberty), Powerstock Liberty: :Powerstock (part) *Ryme Intrinseca *Stour Provost *Stoborough, Stoborough Liberty *Sutton Poyntz (liberty), Sutton Poyntz Liberty: :Chickerell (part) :Preston, Dorset, Preston :Stockwood, Dorset, Stockwood *Sydling St Nicholas *Waybayouse Liberty, Waybayouse or Wabyhouse Liberty: :Upwey, Dorset, Upwey (part) *Wyke Regis and Elwell Liberty: : Elwell, part of the parish of Upwey, Dorset, Upwey :Wyke Regis

Sources

*Boswell, Edward, 1833: ''The Civil Division of the County of Dorset'' (published on CD by Archive CD Books Ltd, 1992) *John Hutchins (antiquary), Hutchins, John, ''History of Dorset'', vols 1-4 (3rd ed 1861-70; reprinted by EP Publishing, Wakefield, 1973) *Mills, A D, 1977, 1980, 1989: ''Place Names of Dorset'', parts 1-3. English Place Name Society: Survey of English Place Names vols LII, LIII and 59/60 {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Liberties In Dorset Liberties of Dorset, History of Dorset Lists of divisions in Dorset, Liberties