Dorset

Administrative county in England (1889–1974)
Organization administrative_county Q139552777
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Dorset

Summary

Dorset is an administrative county[1].

Key Facts

  • Dorset is in the country of United Kingdom[2].
  • Dorset's instance of is recorded as administrative county[3].
  • Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Municipal Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[4].
  • Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Sherborne Urban District[5].
  • Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Beaminster Rural District[6].
  • Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Poole[7].
  • Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Branksome Urban District[8].
  • Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[9].
  • Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Q139570707[10].
  • Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Q139570821[11].
  • Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Q139570822[12].
  • Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Q139570823[13].
  • Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Q139575452[14].
  • Dorset's followed by is recorded as Dorset[15].
  • +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dorset[16].
  • Dorset was dissolved in +1974-03-31T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Dorset's population is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+223266'}[18].
  • Dorset's population is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+228160'}[19].
  • Dorset's population is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+239352'}[20].
  • Dorset's population is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+282712'}[21].
  • Dorset's population is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+291323'}[22].
  • Dorset's population is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+313460'}[23].
  • Dorset's replaced by is recorded as Dorset[24].
  • Dorset's different from is recorded as Dorset[25].
  • Dorset's different from is recorded as Dorset[26].

Body

Founding

+1889-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dorset[16].

Identity

Dorset's followed by is recorded as Dorset[15].

Dissolution

Dorset was dissolved in +1974-03-31T00:00:00Z[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . A Vision of Britain through Time. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . A Vision of Britain through Time. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . A Vision of Britain through Time. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . A Vision of Britain through Time. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . A Vision of Britain through Time. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . A Vision of Britain through Time. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . A Vision of Britain through Time. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Steinsky · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from
    Replaced by Dorset
    Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity Dorset
    Instance of administrative county
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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