West Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England. Its council was 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 Sherborne urban district, and the rural districts of Beaminster, Bridport, Dorchester and Sherborne.
South Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Richard Drax, a Conservative. The constituency was created as a consequence of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, although the area covered has changed since then.
Culliford Tree Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:
Uggescombe Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:
Dewlish Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:
Fordington Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:
Frampton Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, which contained the following parishes:
Gillingham Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:
Loders and Bothenhampton Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:
Piddletrenthide Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:
Waybayouse Liberty or Wabyhouse Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing part of the parish of Upwey.
Wyke Regis and Elwell Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following areas:
Powerstock Liberty was a liberty comprising part of the parish of Powerstock in Dorset, England.
The High Sheriff of Dorset is an ancient High Sheriff title which has been in existence for over one thousand years. Until 1567 the Sheriff of Somerset was also the Sheriff of Dorset.