SDO9443 - The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2

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Type Monograph
Title The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2
Author/Originator
Date/Year 1863

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Description

3rd Edition corrected and augmented by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson. Published in four volumes between 1861 and 1870. Description from record SWX1814: 3rd Ed

Location

Dorset Local Studies Library

Referenced Monuments (246)

  • Abbot's Court Dairy, Winterborne Kingston (Monument)
  • All Saints Church, Mapperton (Listed Building)
  • All Saints' Church, High East Street, Dorchester (Listed Building)
  • Archery butts on Beaminster Down, Beaminster (Monument)
  • Ash Farm, Salwayash, Netherbury (Building)
  • Barrow, Charlton Down, Charlton Marshall (Monument)
  • Battle of Carrum AD 833 (Place)
  • Battle of Portland, AD 837 (Monument)
  • Beacon Bulbarrow, Woolland (Monument)
  • Benedictine priory at Loders Court, Loders (Monument)
  • Berie Well, Stoke Abbott (Monument)
  • Berwick, Swyre (Listed Building)
  • Block House, Weymouth (Monument)
  • Bowl barrow on Hammiton Hill, Shipton Gorge (Monument)
  • Bowl barrow south of West Bagber Copse, Milborne St Andrew (Monument)
  • Bowl barrow, Ferndown Farm, Toller Fratrum (Monument)
  • Bridehead, Littlebredy (Listed Building)
  • Bridport Museum (The Castle), South Street, Bridport (Listed Building)
  • Bronze Age burial, Muckleford, Bradford Peverell (Monument)
  • Bronze Age burial, Wynford Eagle (Monument)
  • Bronze Statuette of Mercury found in the Back Garden of the Free School, Dorchester (Find Spot)
  • Buckham Mill, Beaminster (Listed Building)
  • Bulbarrow, Woolland (Monument)
  • Burials in cists, Tatton Hill, Buckland Ripers, Chickerell (Monument)
  • Burngate Farmhouse, West Lulworth (Listed Building)
  • Chapel at Morecombelake, Whitchurch Canonicorum (Monument)
  • Chapel Court Farmhouse, Mosterton (Monument)
  • Chapel of Ease, Mangerton, Netherbury (Monument)
  • Chapel of St James, Lower Kingston Russell (Monument)
  • Chapel of St Luke, Stirt, Burton Bradstock (Monument)
  • Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, West Milton, Powerstock (Listed Building)
  • Chapel of St Peter, Uploders, Loders (Monument)
  • Chapel, Chapel Marsh Farm, Beaminster (Monument)
  • Chapel, Durngate Street, Dorchester (Listed Building)
  • Chapel, Higher Waterston, Puddletown (Monument)
  • Chapel, Muckleford, Bradford Peverell (Monument)
  • Chapel, North Bowood, Netherbury (Monument)
  • Chapel, Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth (Building)
  • Charmouth Parish (Place)
  • Chideock Castle, Chideock (Monument)
  • Church House, Stoke Abbott (Monument)
  • Church of Saint Mary, Bradford Peverell (Listed Building)
  • Church of St John the Baptist, Symondsbury (Listed Building)
  • Church of St Mary, Stratton (Listed Building)
  • Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Compton Valence (Listed Building)
  • Church of the Holy Trinity, Bradpole (Monument)
  • Church or chapel (demolished), Tincleton (Monument)
  • Churchyard Cross, Maiden Newton (Monument)
  • Cluniac alien grange, Winterborne Monkton (Monument)
  • Cotton Fort, Weymouth (Monument)
  • Cremation burial, Highwood, Wool (Monument)
  • Deer Park, Abbotsbury (Monument)
  • Deserted medieval settlement at Friar Waddon, Portesham (Monument)
  • Deserted medieval settlement of South Louvard, Puddletown (Monument)
  • Deserted medieval village of Frome Billet, West Stafford (Monument)
  • Deserted medieval village of Modbury, Swyre (Monument)
  • Deserted medieval village of Winterborne Came (Monument)
  • Deserted medieval village of Winterborne Farringdon, Winterborne Came (Monument)
  • Deserted settlement at Tatton Farm, Chickerell (Monument)
  • Deserted settlement of Axnoller, Beaminster (Monument)
  • Dewlish House, Dewlish (Listed Building)
  • Didlington Farm, Chalbury (Listed Building)
  • Dorchester Greyfriars, Dorchester (Monument)
  • Durngate, Dorchester (Monument)
  • Earthwork on Castle Hill, East Chelborough (Monument)
  • Earthwork on The Verne, Portland (Monument)
  • East Elworth, medieval settlement (Monument)
  • East Gate, Dorchester (Monument)
  • Fishpond, Shipton Gorge (Monument)
  • Fishponds at Odden's Wood, Abbotsbury (Monument)
  • Fort, Gun Cliff, Lyme Regis (Monument)
  • Free Grammar School, Netherbury (Monument)
  • Friar Waddon Farmhouse, Friar Waddon, Portesham (Listed Building)
  • Frome House: deserted settlement (Monument)
  • Fryer Mayne House, West Knighton (Listed Building)
  • Hardy Monument, Portesham (Monument)
  • Harvey Vault, St George's Church, Fordington, Dorchester; Late Iron Age ?chariot burial (Monument)
  • Hatchlands, Netherbury (Listed Building)
  • Heedless William, Puddletown (Monument)
  • Hell Stone, Neolithic chambered long barrow (Monument)
  • Higher Abbotts Wootton Farm, Whitchurch Canonicorum (Listed Building)
  • Historic field boundaries, North Bowood, Netherbury (Monument)
  • Hoard of Roman coins, Walls, Puncknowle (Find Spot)
  • Hoard of Roman coins, Walls, Puncknowle (Find Spot)
  • Holy Trinity Church, Bradpole (Listed Building)
  • Holy Trinity Church, Fleet (Monument)
  • Horn Park, Broadwindsor (Monument)
  • Hospital/Workhouse, South Street, Dorchester (Monument)
  • Inhumation cemetery, Jordan Hill, Preston, Weymouth (Monument)
  • Late Bronze Age urns from a barrow on Piddlehinton Down, Piddlehinton (Find Spot)
  • Late prehistoric burials, Higher Ground, Corton, Portesham (Monument)
  • Little Mayne deserted medieval settlement, West Knighton (Monument)
  • Little Waddon, Portesham (Building)
  • Loders Hall, Main Street, Loders (Listed Building)
  • Lower Lewell Farm: deserted medieval settlement (Monument)
  • Lower Sturthill Farmhouse, Shipton Gorge (Listed Building)
  • Maiden Newton (Place)
  • Maiden Newton House, Church Road, Maiden Newton (Listed Building)
  • Manor Farm House, Dewlish (Listed Building)
  • Manor Farm House, Milborne St Andrew (Listed Building)
  • Manor Farm, formerly Manor House, West Stafford (Listed Building)
  • Manor Farmhouse, Littlewindsor, Broadwindsor (Listed Building)
  • Manor House and Stables, Portesham (Listed Building)
  • Manor house at Berne Farm, Whitchurch Canonicorum (Monument)
  • Manor house at Champernhayes Farm, Wootton Fitzpaine (Monument)
  • Manor house, Chilcombe (Monument)
  • Manor House, Godmanstone (Monument)
  • Manor House, North Bowood, Netherbury (Monument)
  • Manorial chapel at Wolfeton House, Charminster (Monument)
  • Mappercombe Manor, Powerstock (Listed Building)
  • Mapperton Manor (Listed Building)
  • Marrs Cross, Sydling St Nicholas (Monument)
  • Medieval Chapel and Tithe Barn on Portland (Monument)
  • Medieval chapel near North Eggardon, Askerswell (Monument)
  • Medieval chapel, Athelhampton (Monument)
  • Medieval chapel, Wytherston, Powerstock (Monument)
  • Medieval cross in the churchyard, Rampisham (Listed Building)
  • Medieval cross, Burton Bradstock (Monument)
  • Medieval cross, Powerstock (Monument)
  • Medieval cross, Rampisham (Monument)
  • Medieval deer park, Haydon Hill, Charminster (Monument)
  • Medieval deer park, Park Farm, Winterborne St Martin (Monument)
  • Medieval deer park, Witchampton (Monument)
  • Medieval defences, Dorchester (Monument)
  • Medieval fishpond near Chapel Hill, Abbotsbury (Monument)
  • Medieval manor house, Lower Abbott's Wooton Farm, Whitchurch Canonicorum (Monument)
  • Medieval manor, Bredy, Burton Bradstock (Monument)
  • Medieval market cross, The Square, Beaminster (Monument)
  • Medieval monastic establishment, Maiden Newton (Monument)
  • Medieval settlement of Milborne Mamford, Milborne St Andrew (Monument)
  • Medieval settlement of Winterborne Beauchamp or Winterborne Herringston (Monument)
  • Medieval settlement, Corton, Portesham (Monument)
  • Medieval settlement, Graston, Burton Bradstock (Monument)
  • Medieval settlement, Higher Kingcombe Farm, Toller Porcorum (Monument)
  • Medieval settlement, Kingston Russell (Monument)
  • Medieval village of Bompston or Bhompston, Stinsford (Monument)
  • Medieval village of Charborough, Morden (Monument)
  • Medieval village of Kingston Maurward or Maurwood, Stinsford (Monument)
  • Medieval village, Stinsford (Monument)
  • Meerhay Manor, Beaminster (Listed Building)
  • Melcombe Blackfriars, Weymouth (Monument)
  • Melplash Court, Melplash, Netherbury (Listed Building)
  • Moat at East Hewstock, Beaminster (Monument)
  • Moat at Moigne Court, Owermoigne (Monument)
  • Moat, Wolfeton, Charminster (Monument)
  • Mohun Castle, South Perrott (Monument)
  • Moigne Court, Owermoigne (Monument)
  • Monks Pond, East Holme (Monument)
  • Moon Fleet Hotel, Fleet (Monument)
  • Mr H Barnes' Field, Dorchester; Roman building (Monument)
  • Muckleford Grange, Bradford Peverell (Monument)
  • Muston Manor, Piddlehinton (Listed Building)
  • Nappers Mite, Dorchester; almshouse (Monument)
  • Neolithic axe, Langton Long Blandford (Find Spot)
  • New Jetty Fort, Weymouth (Monument)
  • Old Methodist Chapel post-medieval building 116 - The Wood and Stone Inn (Monument)
  • Old Methodist Chapel post-medieval building 161 (Monument)
  • Old Parish Church of St Peter, North Poorton (Monument)
  • Old Vicarage, Fordington; Roman Cemetery (Monument)
  • Parish Church of John the Baptist, Broadwindsor (Listed Building)
  • Parish church of St Candida and Holy Cross, Whitchurch Canonicorum (Listed Building)
  • Parish Church of St Mary, Charminster (Listed Building)
  • Parish Church of St Mary, Powerstock and Nettlecombe (Listed Building)
  • Parish Church of St Mary, Stoke Abbot (Listed Building)
  • Parish Church of St Peter, West Knighton (Listed Building)
  • Parish church of St Peter, Winterborne Came (Monument)
  • Parish church, Burleston (Listed Building)
  • Parish Church, Whitcombe (Listed Building)
  • Pickett Farmhouse, South Perrott (Listed Building)
  • Powerstock Castle, Powerstock (Monument)
  • Prehistoric burial from Stafford House, West Stafford (Find Spot)
  • Priory of St John the Baptist, Bridport (Monument)
  • Priory of St John the Baptist, Bridport (Monument)
  • Pulston Barn, Charminster (Building)
  • Roman building and occupation debris near Charlton Barrow, Spetisbury (Monument)
  • Roman building at Walls Field, Puncknowle (Monument)
  • Roman building, Mr Templeman's Garden, Cedar Park, South Street, Dorchester (Monument)
  • Roman burials, Northernhay, Dorchester (Monument)
  • Roman coins, Chesil Beach, Weymouth (Find Spot)
  • Roman cremation, St Nicholas's churchyard, Broadwey, Weymouth (Monument)
  • Roman Temple at Jordan Hill, Weymouth (Building)
  • Romano British cemetery Spa Road, Radipole (Monument)
  • Romano-British settlement, Bere Regis (Monument)
  • Royal Forest of Powerstock (Monument)
  • Sea Walls at Gun Cliff, Lyme Regis (Listed Building)
  • Settlement of Cheselbourne Ford, Puddletown (Monument)
  • Seventeenth-century Market House, The Square, Beaminster (Monument)
  • Shrunken medieval village, Shipton Gorge (Monument)
  • Shrunken village of West Bexington, Puncknowle (Monument)
  • Silver coin hoard, Jordan Hill, Weymouth (Monument)
  • St Andrew's Chapel, Bradpole (Monument)
  • St Andrew's Chapel, Bridport (Monument)
  • St Andrew's Church, Burstock (Listed Building)
  • St Andrew's church, West Chelborough (Listed Building)
  • St Andrew's church, West Stafford (Listed Building)
  • St Andrews Church, St Andrews Road, Bridport (Listed Building)
  • St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury (Monument)
  • St Catherine's Chapel, Burton Bradstock (Monument)
  • St Gabriel's Chapel, medieval chapel, Stanton St Gabriel (Monument)
  • St Giles' Church, Hooke (Listed Building)
  • St Helen's chapel, Chilfrome (Monument)
  • St James' Chapel, North Street, Bridport (Monument)
  • St James's Church, Chedington (Monument)
  • St John the Baptist and St Anthony Hospital, Dorchester (Monument)
  • St John the Baptist's Church, Poxwell (Monument)
  • St Laurence's Chapel, Burton Bradstock (Monument)
  • St Martin's, Broadmayne parish church (Listed Building)
  • St Mary's Church, Beaminster (Listed Building)
  • St Mary's Church, Corscombe (Listed Building)
  • St Mary's Church, Frampton (Listed Building)
  • St Mary's Church, Mosterton (Building)
  • St Mary's church, Netherbury (Listed Building)
  • St Mary's church, South Perrott (Listed Building)
  • St Michael's Chapel, St Michael's Lane, Bridport (Monument)
  • St Nicholas's chapel, Chapelhay, Weymouth (Building)
  • St Swithun's Church, Allington, Parsonage Lane, Bridport (Monument)
  • Stachys Well, also called St Eustachius's Well, Ibberton (Monument)
  • Staddlestones, Milton Road, Milborne St Andrew (Listed Building)
  • Stone at Hangman's Rocks, Kingston Russell (Monument)
  • Stone circle, Kingston Russell or Winterbourne Abbas (Monument)
  • Swyre White House, Swyre (Monument)
  • The Broad Stone, Winterbourne Abbas (Monument)
  • The Chantry, 128 South Street, Bridport (Listed Building)
  • The Hospital of St Mary Magdalen, Allington, Bridport (Monument)
  • The Manor House, Church Street, Abbotsbury (Listed Building)
  • The Manor House, Toller Whelme, Corscombe (Listed Building)
  • The Old Malthouse, Church Lane, Abbotsbury (Monument)
  • The Old Manor House, Compton Valence (Listed Building)
  • The Pound, Fordington, Dorchester; ?Iron Age burials (Monument)
  • The Pound, Fordington, Dorchester; Roman burials (Monument)
  • Tithe barn at Court Farm, Sydling St Nicholas (Monument)
  • Trinity School, Grey School Passage, Dorchester (Monument)
  • Trinity School, Grey School Passage, Dorchester (Monument)
  • Tubold Almshouses, Lyme Regis (Monument)
  • Tudor coin hoard, Loders (Find Spot)
  • Unlocated barrows from near Milborne St Andrew (Monument)
  • Uploders Place, Uploders, Loders (Listed Building)
  • Wantsley Farmhouse, Broadwindsor (Listed Building)
  • West Bexington DMV (Monument)
  • West Elworth, field boundaries (Monument)
  • Westwood Farm deserted medieval village, Edmondsham (Monument)
  • Whetstones Almshouses, Church Street, Dorchester (Monument)
  • Whitfield Farmhouse, Bradford Peverell (Building)
  • Whitfield, Bradford Peverell (Building)
  • Wynford Eagle Deer Park (Monument)
  • Wytherston House, Powerstock (Listed Building)

Referenced Events (20)

  • Barrow in the Ridgeway Hill Group, Weymouth; excavation 1884
  • Barrow in the Roke Down Group, Bere Regis; excavation 1840
  • Barrow on Lord's Down, Dewlish; excavation 1866
  • Four barrows on Milborne Down (Warne 22 to 25), Milborne St Andrew; excavation 1860 to 1869
  • Harvey Vault, St George’s Church, Fordington, Dorchester; casual observation 1840
  • Jordan Hill Roman Temple, Preston, Weymouth; excavation 1843 to 1846
  • Long barrow, Pentridge; excavation 1800 to 1899
  • Mr H Barne's Field, Dorchester
  • Mr Templeman's Garden, Cedar Park, South Street, Dorchester; casual observation 1725
  • near the Pound, Fordington; antiquarian observation 1747
  • Northernhay, Dorchester; casual observation 1841
  • Pond Close, Frome Whitfield, Stinsford; antiquarian observation 1799
  • Preston Roman Villa, Weymouth; excavation 1852
  • Ridgeway Hill Group; excavation 1800 to 1899
  • Roman pavement, Rampisham; excavation 1799
  • Round barrow in the Upwey Group, west of Cerne Down, Bincombe; excavation 1800 to 1866
  • Spa Hill, Radipole, Weymouth; excavation 1844
  • The Pound, Fordington, Dorchester; antiquarian observation 1788
  • The Shapwick Barrow; antiquarian investigation 1838
  • Unitarian Meeting House (Holles Hall), Colliton Street, Dorchester; casual observation 1718 or 1719

Record last edited

Aug 29 2025 11:04AM