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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Stockland Stockland Corporation Limited is a diversified Australian property development company. It has business in shopping centres, housing estates, industrial estates and retirement villages. History Stockland was founded in 1952 by Albert Scheinb ...

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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: :

Bettiscombe Bettiscombe is a small village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale west of Beaminster. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish is 50. ...

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Burton Bradstock Burton Bradstock is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, approximately southeast of Bridport and inland from the English Channel at Chesil Beach. In the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census the parish had a population of 948. The v ...

: Compton Valence : Frampton : Winterborne Came (part) * Gillingham Liberty: : Bourton (from 1866) : Gillingham :

Motcombe Motcombe is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It lies about north of Shaftesbury. It is sited on Kimmeridge clay soil beneath hills at the edge of the Blackmore Vale. The parish is one of the largest in Dorset. In the 2011 c ...

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Loders and Bothenhampton Liberty Loders and Bothenhampton Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes: *Bothenhampton *Loders See also *List of liberties in Dorset Liberty (division), Liberties were an administrative unit of loca ...

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Bothenhampton Bothenhampton is a village and civil parish in southwest 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. In the 2011 census the civil parish—which includes ...

Loders Loders is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies north-east of the town of Bridport. It is a linear village, sited in the valley of the small River Asker, between Waddon Hill and Boarsbarrow Hill. In the 2011 ce ...

* Owermoigne (formerly part of Winfrith Hundred) * Piddlehinton * Piddletrenthide Liberty: : Gorewood (from 1858) :

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Piddletrenthide Piddletrenthide () is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is sited by the small River Piddle in a valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, north of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the ...

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

* Powerstock Liberty: : Powerstock (part) *

Ryme Intrinseca Ryme Intrinseca () is a village and civil parish in northwest Dorset, England, south of Yeovil and west of Yetminster. It is sited on a low ridge of cornbrash limestone on the edge of the Blackmore Vale. The Intrinseca part of the name derive ...

Stour Provost Stour Provost is a village and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Sturminster Newton and Gillingham. In old writings it is usually spelled Stower Provost. Stour Provost once co ...

* Stoborough Liberty * Sutton Poyntz Liberty: : Chickerell (part) :

Preston Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to: Places England *Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement **The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement **County Boro ...

Stockwood Stockwood is a residential area and council ward in south Bristol, between Whitchurch and Brislington, and west of the Somerset town of Keynsham. Geography Stockwood forms an outermost southern suburb of the city with much green space; the up ...

Sydling St Nicholas Sydling St Nicholas is a village and civil parish in Dorset within southwest England. The parish is northwest of the county town Dorchester and covers most of the valley of the small Sydling Water in the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. The ...

* Waybayouse or Wabyhouse Liberty: : Upwey (part) * Wyke Regis and Elwell Liberty: : Elwell, part of the parish of Upwey : Wyke Regis

Sources

*Boswell, Edward, 1833: ''The Civil Division of the County of Dorset'' (published on CD by Archive CD Books Ltd, 1992) * 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 History of Dorset Liberties