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Rodden, Dorset

Historical Description

Rodden, a hamlet in Abbotsbury parish, Dorsetshire, 7½ miles SW of Dorchester.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyDorsetshire 
Civil parishAbbotsbury 
County Court districtWeymouth 
DioceseBristol1542 - 1836
DioceseSalisbury1836 -
Ecclesiastical parishAbbotsbury St. Nicholas 
HundredUggescombe 
Poor Law unionWeymouth1836 -
Registration sub-districtAbbotsbury1837 - 1911

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Dorset is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Rodden are available from a number of sites:

DistrictWest Dorset
CountyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtDT3
Post TownWeymouth

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