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North Dorset (district)

Former non-metropolitan district in England

Summary

Former non-metropolitan district in England

Field	Value
utc_offset	0
timezone_DST	BST
utc_offset_DST	+1
settlement_type	Non-metropolitan district
subdivision_type	Sovereign state
subdivision_type1	Constituent country
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_type3	Non-metropolitan county
subdivision_type4	Status
subdivision_type5	Admin HQ
subdivision_name	United Kingdom
subdivision_name1	England
subdivision_name4	Abolished
government_type	Non-metropolitan district council
leader_title	Leadership
leader_title1	MPs
established_title1	Incorporated
population_density_km2	auto
population_blank1_title	Ethnicity
blank1_name	ONS code
blank2_name	OS grid reference
official_name	North Dorset District
image_map	North Dorset UK locator map.svg
map_caption	North Dorset shown within Dorset
subdivision_name2	South West England
subdivision_name3	Dorset
subdivision_name5	Blandford Forum
established_date1	1 April 1974 to 31 March 2019
governing_body	North Dorset District Council
leader_party
leader_name	Leader and Cabinet
leader_name1	Simon Hoare
area_total_km2	609.2
population_total	71,100
population_as_of	mid-2018
population_blank1	98.6% White
blank1_info	19UE (ONS)
E07000050 (GSS)
blank2_info
coordinates

E07000050 (GSS) North Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England, between 1974 and 2019. Its area was largely rural, but included the towns of Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Stalbridge and Sturminster Newton. Much of North Dorset was in the River Stour valley, known as the Blackmore Vale. The economy of North Dorset was largely based on dairy agriculture.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the municipal boroughs of Blandford Forum, Shaftesbury, Blandford Rural District, Shaftesbury Rural District and Sturminster Rural District. The district and its council were abolished on 1 April 2019 and, together with the other four Dorset districts outside the greater Bournemouth area, incorporated into a Dorset unitary authority.

At the 2001 UK census North Dorset had a population of 61,905, a rise of 8,300 from 1991, with 25,248 households.

North Dorset is home to North Dorset Rugby Football Club.

District Council

Nordon, Salisbury Road, Blandford Forum: Council's headquarters, since demolished

North Dorset District Council had its main offices at a large converted house called Nordon on Salisbury Road, Blandford Forum, which had previously been the offices of the Blandford Rural District Council, one of the council's predecessors. Councillors were elected every four years; the final election before abolition was held in 2015.

Settlements

:Towns with a population over 2,500 are in bold.

Anderson, Ashmore
Belchalwell, Blandford Forum, Bourton, Bryanston, Buckhorn Weston
Cann, Charlton Marshall, Chettle, Child Okeford, Compton Abbas
Durweston
East Orchard, East Stour
Farnham, Fifehead Magdalen, Fifehead Neville, Fontmell Magna
Gillingham, Glanvilles Wootton
Hammoon, Hazelbury Bryan, Hilton, Hinton St Mary
Ibberton, Iwerne Courtney, Iwerne Minster
Kington Magna
Langton Long Blandford, Lydlinch
Manston, Mappowder, Margaret Marsh, Marnhull, Melbury Abbas, Milborne St Andrew, Milton Abbas, Motcombe
Okeford Fitzpaine
Pimperne, Pulham
Shaftesbury, Shillingstone, Silton, Spetisbury, Stalbridge, Stoke Wake, Stourpaine, Stour Provost, Stourton Caundle, Stour Row, Sturminster Newton, Sutton Waldron
Tarrant Crawford, Tarrant Gunville, Tarrant Hinton, Tarrant Keyneston, Tarrant Launceston, Tarrant Monkton, Tarrant Rawston, Tarrant Rushton, Todber, Turnworth
West Orchard, West Stour, Winterborne Clenston, Winterborne Houghton, Winterborne Kingston, Winterborne Stickland, Winterborne Whitechurch, Winterborne Zelston, Woolland

References

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. (25 May 2018). "The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018".
"Contact North Dorset District Council".
{{London Gazette. (5 June 1964)
(May 2015). "Results of the election to North Dorset District Council".

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