Dorset memorial inscriptions - parish list
Discover whether your ancestor died in Dorset by searching more than 85,000 inscriptions taken from gravestones, tombs, monuments and even stained glass windows around the English county.
Below is a full list of all the parishes and year ranges represented in the Dorset Memorial Inscription. The year ranges are not exclusive and gaps may appear between the years provided. Where possible we have included the name of the church or burial ground. There may be some repetition of place names. This can occur because the transcripts were created by two separate organisations: Dorset Family History Society and Somerset & Dorset Family History Society.
Place | Year From | Year To | Count | New |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abbotsbury | 1699 | 2002 | 679 |
|
Affpuddle | 1705 | 1970 | 259 |
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Alderholt | 1809 | 1989 | 560 |
|
Allington | 1813 | 1992 | 445 |
|
Almer | 1807 | 1983 | 85 |
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Alton Pancras | 1655 | 2006 | 189 |
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Arne | 1795 | 1812 | 2 |
|
Ashmore | 1652 | 1991 | 169 |
|
Askerswell | 1320 | 2003 | 315 |
|
Athelhampton | 1868 | 1991 | 59 |
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Batcombe | 1585 | 1969 | 103 |
|
Beaminster | 1497 | 1995 | 1,156 |
|
Beer Hackett | 1777 | 1947 | 43 |
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Belchalwell | 1644 | 2001 | 115 |
|
Bere Regis | 1500 | 1987 | 390 |
|
Bettiscombe | 1091 | 1999 | 156 |
|
Bincombe | 1708 | 1986 | 153 |
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Bishops Caundle | 1689 | 1973 | 234 |
|
Blackdown | 1810 | 1996 | 109 |
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Blandford | 1805 | 1885 | 95 |
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Blandford Forum | 1551 | 2009 | 943 |
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Blandford St Mary | 1672 | 1993 | 542 |
|
Bloxworth | 1651 | 1969 | 308 |
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Bothenhampton | 1742 | 2003 | 541 |
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Bournemouth | 1823 | 2014 | 2,648 |
|
Bourton | 1813 | 1998 | 506 |
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Bradford Abbas | 1597 | 1973 | 461 |
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Bradford Peverell | 1606 | 2000 | 404 |
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Bradpole | 1654 | 2004 | 1,121 |
|
Bridport | 1663 | 2007 | 2,322 |
|
Broadmayne | 1691 | 1992 | 627 |
|
Broadoak | 1921 | 2007 | 68 |
|
Broadoak, St Paul Chapel of Ease | 1921 | 2008 | 66 | New |
Broadstone | 1888 | 2003 | 397 |
|
Broadstone, St John | 1888 | 2003 | 217 | New |
Broadwey | 1643 | 1989 | 1,043 |
|
Broadwindsor | 1633 | 2007 | 615 |
|
Broadwinsor | 1848 | 1989 | 73 |
|
Brownsea Island | 1857 | 1984 | 47 |
|
Bryanston | 1510 | 1999 | 81 |
|
Buckhorn Weston | 1410? | 2001 | 251 |
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Buckland Newton | 1600 | 1977 | 755 |
|
Buckland Ripers | 1812 | 1987 | 74 |
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Burleston | 1644 | 1869 | 18 |
|
Burstock | 1660 | 1994 | 133 |
|
Burton Bradstock | 1622 | 2005 | 870 |
|
Canford Magna | 1807 | 1982 | 347 |
|
Canford Magna, Canford Magna Parish Church | 1613 | 1991 | 331 | New |
Cann | 1713 | 2002 | 923 |
|
Castleton | 1702 | 1972 | 293 |
|
Catherston Leweston | 1855 | 1942 | 5 |
|
Cattistock | 1604 | 1999 | 535 |
|
Caundle Marsh | 1587 | 1963 | 48 |
|
Cerne Abbas | 1612 | 1999 | 770 |
|
Chaldon Herring | 1698 | 1992 | 221 |
|
Charlton Marshall | 1705 | 1992 | 519 |
|
Charminster | 1638 | 2002 | 1,154 |
|
Charminster, St Mary the Virgin | 1859 | 1859 | 1 | New |
Charmouth | 1747 | 2008 | 1,099 |
|
Cheddington | 1684 | 1973 | 129 |
|
Chedington | 1859 | 1973 | 77 |
|
Cheselbourne | 1589 | 1991 | 194 |
|
Chetnole | 1829 | 2000 | 289 |
|
Chettle | 1655 | 1985 | 135 |
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Chickerell | 1654 | 1989 | 1,644 |
|
Chideock | 1643 | 1993 | 703 |
|
Chilcombe | 1662 | 1932 | 74 |
|
Child Okeford | 1782 | 1998 | 778 |
|
Chilfrome | 1606 | 1995 | 87 |
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Christchurch | 1395 | 1947 | 2,766 |
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Church Knowle | 1609 | 1991 | 366 |
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Compton Abbas | 1617 | 1869 | 99 |
|
Compton Valence | 1720 | 2000 | 107 |
|
Coombe Keynes | 1723 | 1995 | 78 |
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Corfe Castle | 1677 | 1993? | 1,277 |
|
Corfe Mullen | 1668 | 1983 | 638 |
|
Corscombe | 1652 | 1984 | 418 |
|
Cranborne | 1571 | 1995 | 1,441 |
|
Dewlish | 1673 | 1998 | 380 |
|
Dorchester | 1412 | 2011 | 873 |
|
Dottery | 1914 | 1996 | 155 |
|
Drimpton | 1873 | 1995 | 132 |
|
Durweston | 1759 | 1984 | 817 |
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East Burton | 1875 | 1986 | 263 |
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East Chelborough | 1680 | 1983 | 167 |
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East Lulworth | 1683 | 1999 | 170 |
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East Orchard | 1860 | 1996 | 133 |
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East Stoke | 1689 | 1986 | 358 |
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East Stour | 1839 | 1994 | 199 |
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Edmondsham | 1668 | 1979 | 424 |
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Enmore Green | 1848 | 2002 | 382 |
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Evershot | 1524 | 2002 | 858 |
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Eype | 1864 | 2009 | 458 |
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Farnham | 1655 | 1986 | 470 |
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Fifehead Magdalen | 1850 | 1982 | 28 |
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Fifehead Magdalen, St Mary Magdalene | 1649 | 1990 | 79 | New |
Fifehead Neville | 1658 | 2000 | 361 |
|
Fishpond | 1937 | 2008 | 39 |
|
Fishponds | 1937 | 1996 | 31 |
|
Fleet | 1603 | 1990 | 113 |
|
Folke | 1583 | 2000 | 269 |
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Fontmell Magna | 1696 | 1997 | 491 |
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Fordington | 1636 | 2003 | 4,373 |
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Frampton | 1627 | 2000 | 451 |
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Frome | 1684 | 1984 | 154 |
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Frome Vauchurch | 1660 | 2001 | 181 |
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Gillingham | 1437 | 1996 | 625 |
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Gillingham, St George [Langham Chapel] | 1929 | 2011 | 35 | New |
Gillingham, St Mary | 1733 | 1996 | 288 | New |
Glanvilles Wootton | 1627? | 2000 | 269 |
|
Goathill | 1863 | 1948 | 20 |
|
Godmanstone | 1699 | 1998 | 159 |
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Gussage | 1574 | 1982 | 254 |
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Gussage All Saints | 1574 | 1989 | 236 |
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Gussage St Michael | 1708 | 1983 | 139 |
|
Halstock | 1599 | 1999 | 465 |
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Hammoon | 1658 | 1998 | 72 |
|
Hampreston | 1674 | 1973 | 1,780 |
|
Hamworthy | 1689 | 1982 | 2,649 |
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Haydon | 1635 | 1958 | 58 |
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Hazelbury Bryan | 1714 | 2001 | 1,372 |
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Hermitage | 1654 | 1991 | 72 |
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Herrison | 1875 | 1973 | 58 |
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Hilfield | 1825 | 1991 | 51 |
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Hilton | 1721 | 1991 | 332 |
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Hinton Martell | 1682 | 1985 | 499 |
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Hinton St Mary | 1642 | 1998 | 234 |
|
Holdenhurst | 1641 | 1966 | 977 |
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Holnest | 1678 | 1998 | 176 |
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Holt | 1789 | 1982 | 321 |
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Holwell | 1607 | 2001 | 511 |
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Holworth | 1879 | 1991 | 57 |
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Hooke | 1524 | 2003 | 210 |
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Horton | 1638 | 1983 | 516 |
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Ibberton, St Eustace | 1758 | 1988 | 140 | New |
Iwerne Courtney | 1633 | 1996 | 572 |
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Iwerne Courtney, St Mary | 1633 | 1996 | 463 | New |
Iwerne Minster | 1711 | 1996 | 583 |
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Kimmeridge, St Nicholas of Myra | 1637 | 1989 | 142 | New |
King Stag | 1902 | 1999 | 95 |
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Kingston | 1759 | 1939 | 148 |
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Kington Magna | 1798 | 1995 | 256 |
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Kington Magna, All Saints | 1798 | 1995 | 237 | New |
Langton Herring | 1670 | 1988 | 199 |
|
Langton Long | 1457 | 1998 | 474 |
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Langton Matravers | 1587 | 1990 | 206 |
|
Leigh | 1817 | 2000 | 377 |
|
Leweston | 1701 | 1701 | 7 |
|
Lillington | 1617 | 2000 | 144 |
|
Little Bredy | 1707 | 1986 | 262 |
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Litton Cheney | 1471 | 1996 | 505 |
|
Long Bredy | 1669 | 2001 | 267 |
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Long Burton | 1609 | 2001 | 372 |
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Long Crichel | 1766 | 1984 | 168 |
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Longfleet | 1815 | 1992 | 2,903 |
|
Longham | 1822 | 1981 | 29 |
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Lydlinch | 1609 | 1998 | 389 |
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Lyme Regis | 1611 | 2007 | 1,221 |
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Lytchett Matravers | 1505 | 1990 | 687 |
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Lytchett Minster | 1680 | 1992 | 861 |
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Maiden Newton | 1612 | 2002 | 617 |
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Manston | 1633 | 1996 | 157 |
|
Mapperton | 1707 | 1995 | 29 |
|
Mappowder | 1640 | 1967 | 108 |
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Margaret Marsh | 1725 | 1997 | 49 |
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Marnhull | 1478 | 2006 | 2,949 |
|
Marshwood | 1813 | 2000 | 305 |
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Melbury Abbas | 1458 | 1995 | 389 |
|
Melbury Bubb | 1568 | 1999 | 143 |
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Melbury Osmond | 1654 | 2000 | 446 |
|
Melcombe Horsey | 1711 | 1988 | 209 |
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Milborne St Andrew | 1514 | 2000 | 540 |
|
Milton Abbas | 1811 | 1990 | 152 |
|
Milton on Stour | 1880 | 1998 | 359 |
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Minterne Magna | 1615 | 1999 | 361 |
|
Monkton Wyld | 1843 | 1998 | 250 |
|
Morden | 1597 | 1988 | 350 |
|
Moreton | 1762 | 1982 | 331 |
|
Mosterton | 1745 | 2005 | 298 |
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Motcombe | 1627 | 1995 | 648 |
|
Nether Cerne | 1723 | 1986 | 30 |
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Nether Compton | 1750 | 1972 | 200 |
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Netherbury | 1603 | 1983 | 1,188 |
|
North Poorton | 1717 | 2004 | 58 |
|
North Wootton | 1849 | 1961 | 35 |
|
Oborne | 1601 | 1966 | 151 |
|
Okeford Fitzpaine | 1684 | 1998 | 668 |
|
Osmington | 1678 | 1991 | 637 |
|
Over Compton | 1599 | 1962 | 109 |
|
Owermoigne | 1406 | 1992 | 417 |
|
Parkstone | 1809 | 1991 | 2,549 |
|
Pentridge | 1743 | 1983 | 191 |
|
Piddlehinton | 1562 | 1992 | 324 |
|
Piddletrenthide | 1564 | 1993 | 415 |
|
Pilsdon | 1859 | 1998 | 19 |
|
Pimperne | 1694 | 1984 | 424 |
|
Pokesdown | 1859 | 1979 | 392 |
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Poole | 1670 | 2002 | 163 |
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Poole, Beacon Hill | 1915 | 1981 | 11 |
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Portesham | 1644 | 2002 | 1,098 |
|
Portland | 1680 | 1980 | 392 |
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Portland, St George | 1758 | 1975 | 1124 | New |
Powerstock | 1610 | 2003 | 512 |
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Poxwell | 1771 | 1965 | 43 |
|
Poyntington | 1617 | 1980 | 117 |
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Puddletown | 1921 | 2005 | 24 |
|
Puddletown, St Mary | 1503 | 1989 | 835 | New |
Pulham | 1433 | 2001 | 389 |
|
Puncknowle | 1677 | 1999 | 135 |
|
Purse Caundle | 1527 | 1997 | 165 |
|
Rampisham | 1523 | 2002 | 516 |
|
Ripley | 1829 | 1940 | 82 |
|
Ryme Intrinseca | 1635 | 1998 | 167 |
|
Sandford Orcas | 1587 | 1972 | 209 |
|
Shaftesbury | 1074 | 1997 | 1,622 |
|
Shaftesbury Enmore Green | 1848 | 2002 | 397 |
|
Shapwick | 1659 | 1982 | 350 |
|
Shapwick, St Bartholomew | 1705 | 1982 | 224 | New |
Sherborne | 1629 | 1972 | 1,873 |
|
Sherborne, Sherborne Abbey Interior | 1542 | 1950 | 548 | New |
Sherborne, Sherbourne Abbey Burial Ground | 1629 | 1904 | 324 | New |
Shillingstone | 1727 | 1997 | 751 |
|
Shipton Gorge | 1805 | 2009 | 388 |
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Silton | 1638 | 1998 | 344 |
|
Sixpenny Handley | 1063 | 1985 | 645 |
|
South Perrott | 1703 | 1972 | 66 |
|
Spetisbury | 1599 | 1971 | 455 |
|
Spetisbury, St John the Baptist | 1599 | 1971 | 387 | New |
Stalbridge | 1667 | 1999 | 1,409 |
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Stalbridge, Congregational Chapel | 1872 | 1879 | 3 | New |
Stanbridge, St Kenelm | 1798 | 1983 | 194 | New |
Stapehill | 1853 | 1990 | 190 |
|
Stinsford | 1585 | 1972 | 326 |
|
Stock Gaylard, St Barnabas | 1720 | 2002 | 53 | New |
Stockwood | 1805 | 1884 | 7 |
|
Stoke Wake, All Saints | 1831 | 1982 | 27 | New |
Stour Provost | 1694 | 1994 | 372 |
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Stour Provost [Stour Row], All Saints | 1866 | 1994 | 227 | New |
Stour Provost [Stour Row], Congregational Burial Ground | 1874 | 1916 | 12 | New |
Stour Row | 1866 | 1994 | 227 |
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Stourpaine | 1717 | 1996 | 423 |
|
Stourton Caundle | 1450 | 2000 | 356 |
|
Stratton | 1728 | 2001 | 411 |
|
Stratton, St Mary | 1728 | 2001 | 352 | New |
Studland | 1662 | 1999 | 1,004 |
|
Sturminster Marshall, St Mary | 1688 | 1984 | 1017 | New |
Sturminster Newton | 1692 | 2000 | 861 |
|
Sutton Waldron | 1830 | 1996 | 189 |
|
Swanage | 1510 | 1865 | 403 |
|
Swyre | 1505 | 1998 | 224 |
|
Sydling | 1655 | 2000 | 624 |
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Symondsbury | 1725 | 2007 | 618 |
|
Symondsbury, St John the Baptist | 1725 | 2008 | 654 | New |
Tarrant Crawford | 1706 | 1960 | 34 |
|
Tarrant Crawford, St Mary the Virgin | 1706 | 1960 | 31 | New |
Tarrant Gunville | 1567 | 1981 | 272 |
|
Tarrant Hinton | 1680 | 1980 | 159 |
|
Tarrant Hinton, St Mary | 1680 | 1980 | 141 | New |
Tarrant Keynston | 1731 | 1979 | 206 |
|
Tarrant Monkton | 1730 | 1982 | 292 |
|
Tarrant Rawston | 1686 | 1984 | 203 |
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Tarrant Rushton, St Mary | 1686 | 1984 | 145 | New |
Thornford | 1622 | 2001 | 488 |
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Throop, United Reformed Churchyard | 1801 | 2003 | 290 | New |
Tincleton | 1404 | 2000 | 236 |
|
Todber | 1878 | 1994 | 124 |
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Toller Porcorum | 1604 | 1989 | 406 |
|
Toller Whelme | 1831 | 1983 | 85 |
|
Tolpuddle | 1699 | 1999 | 240 |
|
Trent | 1532 | 1974 | 346 |
|
Turners Puddle | 1758 | 1969 | 22 |
|
Turnworth, St Mary | 1680 | 1989 | 126 | New |
Tyneham | 1549 | 2000 | 256 |
|
Up Cerne | 1669 | 1997 | 81 |
|
Upton, New Cemetery | 1988 | 2011 | 140 | New |
Upton, Old Cemetery | 1927 | 2010 | 757 | New |
Upwey | 1669 | 1990 | 1,139 |
|
Verwood | 1830 | 1982 | 767 |
|
Walditch | 1655 | 2006 | 374 |
|
Wambrook | 1771 | 2000 | 211 |
|
Wareham, Lady St Mary | 1294 | 2006 | 4114 | New |
West Chelborough | 1678 | 1983 | 109 |
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West Compton | 1628 | 2002 | 43 |
|
West Lulworth | 1821 | 1995 | 484 |
|
West Milton | 1657 | 1918 | 29 |
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West Parley | 1669 | 1968 | 196 |
|
Weymouth | 1707 | 1986 | 119 |
|
Wimborne | 1585 | 2012 | 6,969 |
|
Wimborne Minster | 1701 | 1985 | 69 |
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Winterborne Anderson, St Andrew | 1763 | 1973 | 56 | New |
Winterborne Came | 1591 | 1989 | 199 |
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Winterborne Clenston, St Nicholas | 1694 | 1986 | 87 | New |
Winterborne Houghton | 1746 | 1983 | 101 |
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Winterborne Kingston, St Nicholas | 1752 | 1987 | 187 | New |
Winterborne Monkton | 1421 | 2001 | 221 |
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Winterborne Stickland, St Mary the Virgin | 1645 | 1991 | 306 | New |
Winterborne Zelston, St Mary | 1706 | 1990 | 77 | New |
Winterbourne | 1633 | 1994 | 446 |
|
Winterbourne Abbas | 1678 | 1999 | 242 |
|
Winterbourne Steepleton | 1643 | 1997 | 199 |
|
Witchampton | 1518 | 1996 | 620 |
|
Woodlands | 1833 | 1985 | 207 |
|
Woodsford | 1816 | 1999 | 159 |
|
Wool | 1722 | 1986 | 690 |
|
Woolland, St Mary | 1616 | 1989 | 100 | New |
Wootton Fitzpaine | 1774 | 2008 | 374 |
|
Wootton Glanville | 1627 | 2000 | 352 |
|
Yetminster | 1571 | 1985 | 558 |