The Dorset County Boundary Survey website

The Dorset County Boundary Survey website

DCBS

DATA

1831 Dorset Boundary (KMZ)

UTILS

Hercological Record

Dorset County Boundary

Published records

The Dorset County Boundary Research Group organises a programme of exploratory field meetings along selected lengths of the Dorset border and continues to make discoveries as intresting as they are as interesting as unexpected. In complement to the Natuaral History reports already compiled, the Group has established an agreed method of field recording to embrace the whole range of data presented. A Dorset County Boundary Report is published for those lengths of the boundary surveyed. The Hercological Record forms are linked here, deposited in the Dorset History Centre. See also the DCC Dorset Explorer website; http//:explorer.geowessex.com

HRF - LR1 Lyme Regis

Lyme , Ware – Devonshire Head, coastal slips – Pyne Cliff
The start of this section is taken as the high tide line as marked on the current OS map, which we did not visit on 2 May. Instead, we viewed the land slip area from as close as we could get at the top (essentially, the S boundary of the National Trust property of Ware Cliffs). Because of the very mobile nature of this land, any historic features will have been lost, moved or distorted.

Whilst undertaking the field visit an opportunity to record the natural history.

Trees and shrubs in hedges;
Maritime pine, ash, elm, sycamore, elder, bramble, crab apple, holly, hawthorn, hazel, ivy & field maple.

Herbs and grasses on banks;
Navelwort, Nettle, Goose-grass, Red campion, Foxglove, Bracken, Arum & False oatgrass.

KINGSETTLE wOOD, MOTCOMBE

Kingsettle Wood. Boundary 5ft RH (aligned with large and split trees to left) whilst group on new track.

J. Childs

HRF Motcombe

Highlighting the need for a field visit to observe and record. This Dorset - Wiltshire boundary is recorded 5ft RH (Wilts side) on an 1886 survey. The features on this survey are shown in green.

Modern works to install a water main has changed the surface features and it is not now apparent that the trees, left and split, were on the original hedge [387720 125289]. Current features have been included in red to show the course of the new track as shown being walked in the image above.

HRF in preparation.

Hercological Records of the Dorset county, and ex-county boundaries. Parishes and County boundary description as per 1886, Lengths in metres, full National Grid reference without Military Numbering.
Ref	Title	Parish	Parish, other	Length	Start (Clockwise)	End	link	KB size	Date
INDEX	Dorset Boundary						PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	1967	30 May 2016
Blank	HRF v3.5						PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	168	27 Apr 2015
Ce1	Biddlesgate	Cranborne	Damerham	1017m	407900 114510 North road hedge	408584 113851 Bend in hedge	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	1404	6 Jun 2012
Fd1	Palmers Ford	West Parley	Hurn	400m	409667 100967 Fork in river	409594 100600	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	247	6 Jun 2012
Kn1	Kitson	Kitson	Holdenhurst, Hampshire	4209m	408890 095780	406950 092275	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	1433	18 May 2013
Kn2	Kitson	Kitson	Holdenhurst, Hampshire	2516m	406950 092275	407115 089956 Low water	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	928	18 May 2013
LR1	Lyme, Devonshire Head	Lyme Regis	Uplyme, Devonshire	1010m	333296 091271 Low water	332862 092117 Sidmouth Road	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	1019	2 May 2012
LR2	Lyme (N. part of LR1)	Lyme Regis	Uplyme, Devonshire	497m	333296 091271 S. Pyne Cliff house	332862 092117 Sidmouth Road	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	2438	6 Jun 2012
LR3	Lyme, Shire Lane to Uplyme Road	Lyme Regis	Uplyme, Devonshire	962m	332862 092117 Sidmouth Road	333103 092989 Uplyme Road	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	2644	9 Jul 2012
LR4	Lyme, Uplyme Road	Lyme Regis	Uplyme, Devonshire	425m	333103 092989 Uplyme Road	333356 093271 Uplyme Mill	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	301	28 Jul 2012
LR5	Lyme, Uplyme Road	Lyme Regis	Uplyme, Devonshire	425m	333103 092989 Uplyme Road	333356 093271 Uplyme Mill	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	244	6 Jun 2012
Md1	Lamberts Castle, Tempest House	Marshwood, Whitchurch Canonicorum	Hawkchurch - To Devon 1896	1457m	337051 098246 Peter's Gore	337457 099381 Turner's Lane	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	3918	5 Oct 2011
Md2	Lamberts Castle, Bottle Inn	Marshwood	Hawkchurch - To Devon 1896	924m	337872 099723 Bottle Inn	337710 100550	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	3902	1 Dec 2011
Ob2	Oborne	Oborne	Sandford Orcas, Poyntington, Somerset	228m	363445 119615	363665 119656	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	408	18 May 2013
Ob3	Oborne	Oborne	Poyntington, Somerset	641m	363665 119656	363984 119484	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	544	18 May 2013
Ob4	Oborne	Oborne	Poyntington, Somerset	1584m	363984 119484	365508 119580	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	2744	18 May 2013
Ob5	Oborne	Oborne	Poyntington, Milborne Port, Somerset	1979m	365508 119580	366690 118327	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	3138	18 May 2013
WF1	Lamberts Castle	Whitchurch Canonicorum	Hawkchurch - To Devon 1896	557m	336108 098093 Tempest's House	336436 098500	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	1214	1 Dec 2011
WP1	Parley Common	West Parley	Hurn, Hampshire	1010m	409588 098682	409575 097679	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	395	15 Nov 2012
WP2	Parley - Riddleford	West Parley	Hurn, Hampshire	2114m	409575 097679	408930 095834	PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	561	15 Nov 2012
-	Recording the county boundary: Field Survey Guidance						PDF Yes, I agree with the licence agreement. Right Click and 'Save Target As ...'	97	2 Feb 2015
Go to Top

Dorset Explorer HRF Links

The Dorset Explorer map

The site (http://explorer.geowessex.com/) has a DCBS layer with spatial links to several published HRFs

Dorset Explorer HRF layer

Dorset County Museum

With a world-class contemporary museum and exhibition space.

Dorset County Museum

Dorset History Centre

Childs

Dorset History Centre

Visit the Dorset History Centre to to carry out research and view archived reports of the DCBS including HRFs.

Bridport Rd, Dorchester DT1 1RP.

Dorset History Centre

The Dorset County Boundary Survey (DCBS) is an established independent cross discipline research group developing a methodology to record and publish the environment, history and features that define the boundaries of the county of Dorset.

Copyright of its reports, including online information and Hercological Record Form (HRF) must be acknowledged in any reference or summary. Supporting information copyright remains with the originators and their permission may be required and also acknowledged. It is the user's responsibility to ensure that the copyright law is not breached. We have no responsibility over the contents of third party sites links.

Note that the public accessibility of sites adjacent to the boundary is not recorded. Most are in public ownership and we acknowledge the assistance of their owners for permission to access such sites for recording purposes. Please check with the owners and do not visit without permission.

Use of Website | Privacy Policy