Building record MDO51012 - Keeper's Lodge, Cerne Deer Park, Cerne Abbas

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Summary

A building shown on the 1:25-inch scale Ordnance Survey map published in 1888, on which it is described as 'Keeper's Lodge'.

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Dorset Heritage Explorer website feedback, Mark Foot, 22 August 2026 (Verbal communication). SDO21477.

'My direct descendants Titus and Susannah Foot lived in the park for many years and then their son William Foot born 1815. I assume they lived in the cottage that was once there.'

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset XXXI.1 Surveyed: 1887, Published: 1888 (Map). SDO10239.

'Keeper's Lodge'

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2, Dorset XXXI.1 Revised: 1901, Published: 1902 (Map). SDO11594.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500. Dorset XXXI.1 Surveyed: 1887, Published: 1888.
  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2. paper. 1:2500. Dorset XXXI.1 Revised: 1901, Published: 1902.
  • --- Verbal communication: Dorset Heritage Explorer website feedback. Mark Foot, 22 August 2026.

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Location

Grid reference ST 6491 0114 (point)
Map sheet ST60SW
Civil Parish Cerne Abbas; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Aug 26 2026 10:17AM

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