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| Areas of Parishes
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| Parish | Area (ha) | | Parish | | Area (ha) | |
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| Abbotsbury | 1,822 | | Mappowder | | 769 | |
| Affpuddle | 1,469 | | Margaret Marsh | | 223 | |
| Alderholt | 1,525 | | Marnhull | | 1,553 | |
| Allington | 318 | | Marshwood | | 1,516 | |
| Alton Pancras | 923 | | Melbury Abbas | | 961 | |
| Anderson | 434 | | Melbury Bubb | | 503 | |
| Arne | 2,483 | | Melbury Osmond | | 494 | |
| Ashmore | 962 | | Melbury Sampford | | 421 | |
| Askerwell | 698 | | Melcombe Horsey | | 873 | |
| Athelhampton | 193 | | Milborne St Andrew | | 1,065 | |
| Batcombe | 453 | | Milton Abbas | | 1,767 | |
| Beaminster | 2,100 | | Minterne Magna | | 1,006 | |
| Beer Hackett | 372 | | Moor Crichel | | 806 | |
| Bere Regis | 3,361 | | Morden | | 1,489 | |
| Bettiscombe | 263 | | Moreton | | 873 | |
| Bincombe | 789 | | Mosterton | | 395 | |
| Bishops Caundle | 387 | | Motcombe | | 1,980 | |
| Blandford Forum | 349 | | Nether Cerne | | 344 | |
| Blandford St Mary | 971 | | Nether Compton | | 387 | |
| Bloxworth | 1,143 | | Netherbury | | 2,540 | |
| Bothenhampton | 388 | | North Poorton | | 277 | |
| Bourton | 373 | | North Wooton | | 270 | |
| Bradford Abbas | 492 | | Oborne | | 246 | |
| Bradford Peverell | 1,186 | | Okeford Fitzpaine | | 1,514 | |
| Bradpole | 323 | | Osmington | | 896 | |
| Bridport | 310 | | Over Compton | | 278 | |
| Broadmayne | 404 | | Owermoigne | | 1,456 | |
| Broadwindsor | 2,885 | | Pamphill | | 2,380 | |
| Bryanston | 713 | | Pentridge | | 1,162 | |
| Buckhorn Weston | 686 | | Piddlehinton | | 1,183 | |
| Buckland Newton | 1,702 | | Piddletrentide | | 2,555 | |
| Burleston | 149 | | Pilsdon | | 267 | |
| Burstock | 377 | | Pimperne | | 1,237 | |
| Burton Bradstock | 1,101 | | Portesham | | 1,827 | |
| Cann | 932 | | Powerstock | | 1,678 | |
| Castleton | 1,976 | | Poxwell | | 380 | |
| Catherston Leweston | 99 | | Poyntington | | 413 | |
| Cattistock | 1,244 | | Puddletown | | 2,906 | |
| Caundle Marsh | 384 | | Pulham | | 978 | |
| Cerne Abbas | 1,274 | | Puncknowle | | 948 | |
| Chalbury | 332 | | Purse Caundle | | 631 | |
| Chaldon Herring | 1,253 | | Rampisham | | 848 | |
| Charlton Marshall | 931 | | Ryme Intrinseca | | 470 | |
| Charminster | 1,773 | | Sandford Orcas | | 575 | |
| Charmouth | 178 | | Seaborough | | 237 | |
| Chedlington | 318 | | Shaftesbury | | 437 | |
| Cheselbourne | 1,227 | | Shapwick | | 1,086 | |
| Chetnole | 296 | | Sherborne | | 667 | |
| Chettle | 455 | | Shillingstone | | 920 | |
| Chickerell | 1,395 | | Shipton Gorge | | 592 | |
| Chideock | 800 | | Silton | | 496 | |
| Chilcombe | 182 | | Sixpenny Handley | | 2,434 | |
| Child Okeford | 636 | | South Perrott | | 575 | |
| Chilfrome | 393 | | Spetisbury | | 911 | |
| Church Knowle | 1,183 | | St Leonards & St Ives | | 2,496 | |
| Clifton Maybank | 525 | | Stalbridge | | 2,381 | |
| Colehill | 969 | | Stanton St Gabriel | | 419 | |
| Compton Abbas | 603 | | Steeple | | 1,364 | |
| Compton Valence | 535 | | Stinsford | | 1,352 | |
| Coombe Keynes | 814 | | Stockwood | | 283 | |
| Corfe Castle | 3,745 | | Stoke Abbott | | 941 | |
| Corfe Mullen | 1,227 | | Stoke Wake | | 440 | |
| Corscombe | 2,027 | | Stour Provost | | 1,139 | |
| Cranborne | 1,788 | | Stourpaine | | 961 | |
| Crossways | 668 | | Stourton Caundle | | 811 | |
| Dewlish | 863 | | Stratton | | 694 | |
| Dorchester | 677 | | Studland | | 2,053 | |
| Durweston | 749 | | Sturminster Marshall | | 2,089 | |
| East Chelborough | 392 | | Sturminster Newton | | 1,840 | |
| East Holme | 433 | | Sutton Waldron | | 467 | |
| East Lulworth | 934 | | Swanage | | 1,120 | |
| East Orchard | 339 | | Swyre | | 457 | |
| East Stoke | 1,874 | | Sydling St Nicholas | | 2,076 | |
| East Stour | 723 | | Symondsbury | | 1,529 | |
| Edmondsham | 729 | | Tarrant Crawford | | 220 | |
| Evershot | 635 | | Tarrant Gunville | | 1,404 | |
| Farnham | 575 | | Tarrant Hinton | | 864 | |
| Fifehead Magdalen | 394 | | Tarrant Keyneston | | 546 | |
| Fifehead Neville | 548 | | Tarrant Launceston | | 644 | |
| Fleet | 391 | | Tarrant Monkton | | 862 | |
| Folke | 858 | | Tarrant Rawston | | 282 | |
| Fontmell Magna | 1,334 | | Tarrant Rushton | | 840 | |
| Frampton | 1,334 | | Thorncombe | | 2,278 | |
| Frome St Quinton | 418 | | Thornford | | 593 | |
| Frome Vauchurch | 197 | | Tincleton | | 365 | |
| Gillingham | 3,132 | | Todber | | 153 | |
| Glanvilles Wootton | 690 | | Toller Fratrum | | 205 | |
| Goathill | 121 | | Toller Porcorum | | 1,284 | |
| Godmanston | 474 | | Tolpuddle | | 831 | |
| Gussage All Saints | 1,000 | | Trent | | 655 | |
| Gussage St Michael | 997 | | Turners Puddle | | 810 | |
| Halstock | 1,301 | | Turnworth | | 476 | |
| Hammoon | 280 | | Tyneham | | 1,201 | |
| Hampreston | 2,036 | | Up Cerne | | 454 | |
| Hanford | 243 | | Verwood | | 1,561 | |
| Haydon | 189 | | Wareham Lady St Mary | | 652 | |
| Hazlebury Bryan | 977 | | Wareham St Martin | | 2,966 | |
| Hermitage | 306 | | Warmwell | | 534 | |
| Hilfield | 647 | | West Chelborough | | 238 | |
| Hilton | 1,232 | | West Compton | | 347 | |
| Hinton Martell | 628 | | West Knighton | | 903 | |
| Hinton Parva | 191 | | West Lulworth | | 1,043 | |
| Hinton St Mary | 433 | | West Moors** | | 854 | |
| Holnest | 919 | | West Orchard | | 271 | |
| Holt | 2,224 | | West Parley | | 454 | |
| Holwell | 981 | | West Stafford | | 399 | |
| Hooke | 508 | | West Stour | | 421 | |
| Horton | 1,118 | | Whitcombe | | 302 | |
| Ibberton | 560 | | Whitechurch Canonicorum | | 1,728 | |
| Iwerne Courtney | 801 | | Wimborne Minster | | 265 | |
| Iwerne Minster | 1,155 | | Wimborne St Giles | | 2,407 | |
| Iwerne Steepleton | 333 | | Winfrith Newburgh | | 1,604 | |
| Kimmeridge | 402 | | Winterborne Came | | 625 | |
| Kingston Russell | 472 | | Winterborne Clenston | | 531 | |
| Kington Magna | 806 | | Winterborne Herringston | | 238 | |
| Langton Herring | 394 | | Winterborne Houghton | | 799 | |
| Langton Long Blandford | 496 | | Winterborne Kingston | | 1,036 | |
| Langton Matravers | 897 | | Winterborne Monkton | | 505 | |
| Leigh | 819 | | Winterborne St Martin | | 1,436 | |
| Leweston | 127 | | Winterborne Steepleton | | 741 | |
| Lillington | 741 | | Winterborne Stickland | | 854 | |
| Little Bredy | 653 | | Winterborne Whitechurch | | 1,390 | |
| Litton Cheney | 821 | | Winterborne Zelston | | 343 | |
| Loders | 922 | | Winterbourne Abbas | | 613 | |
| Long Bredy | 1,403 | | Witchampton | | 855 | |
| Long Crichel | 816 | | Woodlands | | 1,050 | |
| Longburton | 421 | | Woodsford | | 544 | |
| Lydlinch | 1,375 | | Wool | | 1,472 | |
| Lyme Regis | 500 | | Woolland | | 460 | |
| Lytchett Matravers | 1,382 | | Wootton Fitzpaine | | 1,446 | |
| Lytchett Minster | 1,435 | | Worth Matravers | | 1,098 | |
| Maiden Newton | 1,170 | | Wraxall | | 391 | |
| Manston | 556 | | Wynford Eagle | | 724 | |
| Mapperton | 333 | | Yetminster | | 599 | |
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Source:1981 Census Monitor, Ordnance Survey and DCC
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