Historic county

Dorset (historic county)

Dorset (historic county) is a historic county made up of 1 local authority. Its boundary comes from Ordnance Survey's circa 1888 edition of Boundary-Line, and each local authority counts as a member of the county holding most of its area. It has no official code.

Its local authorities today. Select one to open its page.

Local authorities

Former members

Wards

52 wards, by local authority.

Dorset 52

Ask the API

The API holds Dorset (historic county) as a named location, with each member dated, so you can add up data over it or list the areas inside it.

  • The place and its definitionDocs
    GET/v1/locations/dorset-historic-county
  • Its member councilsDocs
    GET/v1/locations/dorset-historic-county/members