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Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
CERNE ABBAS	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
CERNE ABBAS ST MARY	Alternate	English			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Ecclesiastical parishes or districts - Families or separate occupiers, and population, 1911'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was preceded by	CERNE ABBAS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
DORSET	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
BERE REGIS	Rural Deanery	1872	1874	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
CERNE	Rural Deanery	1874	1954	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
DORCHESTER	Rural Deanery	1955		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
WHITCHURCH	Rural Deanery		1872	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1971	was enlarged by the abolition of	NETHER CERNE EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 108.
1971	was enlarged by the abolition of	UPCERNE EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.