People Buried in Dorset

Historical County of England

Image Right The cemetery at Wyke Regis, Dorset

The cemetery, across the road from the churchyard, is one of four in the Weymouth and Portland area and was opened in 1886. It has far reaching views over the fence of the suburbs of Weymouth and up onto the chalk Downs beyond.

Image Geograph © Copyright Sarah Smith and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.

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GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS IN THE COUNTY OF : DORSET

List of Towns

The following list will probably need refining as not all places have cemeteries

Names with Bold links are to Geni profiles or projects. Other links take you to external biographical web pages

A

• Abbotsbury
• Adber
• Affpuddle
• Alderholt
• Aller
• Allington
• Almer
• Alton Pancras
• Alweston
• Anderson
• Ansty Cross
• Arne
• Ashmore
• Askerswell
• Athelhampton
  

B

• Badbury Rings
• Batcombe
• Beaminster

• Holy Trinity
  
• Parnham House
  

• William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse VC
  

• St. Mary
  

• Beer Hackett
• Belchalwell
• Benville
• Bere Regis

• Berre Regis - St. John Baptist
  

• Bettiscombe
• Bincombe
• Birdsmoorgate
• Bishops Caundle
• Blackdown
• Blandford Camp
• Blandford Forum
• Blandford St Mary
• Bloxworth
• Boscombe

• East Cemetery
  

• Arthur Mayo VC WIKI
  

• Bothenhampton
• Bournemouth

• Bournemouth Cemetery
  
• Bournemouth Civilian War Dead
  
• Bournemouth Crematorium
  

• Frederick Barter VC WIKI
  
• Joseph John Davies VC WIKI
  
• Frederick McNess VC WIKI
  
• Alfred Oliver Pollard VC WIKI
  

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC
  
• Bournemouth Crematorium and North Cemetery
  
• Bournemouth, East Cemetery
  
• Bournemouth Kinson Cemetery
  
• Bournemouth, North Cemetery
  

• James Welch VC WIKI
  

• Bournemouth, Sacred Heart
  
• Bournemouth, St. Mark's Churchyard
  
• Bournemouth, St. Peter - Churchyard
  
• Bournemouth, St. Stephen
  
• Bournemouth, Throop Jewish Cemetery
  
• Bournemouth, Wimborne Road Cemetery
  

• William Job Maillard VC WIKI
  

• Bourton
• Boveridge
• Bovington Camp
• Bowleaze Cove
• Bradford Abbas
• Bradford Peverell
• Bradpole
• Branksome

• All Saints Chruchyard
  

• Thomas Pride VC WIKI
  

• St. Aldhelm
  
• St. Clement
  

• Briantspuddle
• Bridport
• Broadmayne
• Broad Oak
• Broadstone
• Broadwey
• Broadwinsor
• Brownsea
• Bryanstone
• Buckhorn Weston
• Buckland Newton
• Buckland Ripers
• Bucknowle
• Burstock
• Burton Bradstock

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C

• Canford Cliffs
• Canford Magna
• Cann
• Cashmoor
• Castletown
• Catherston Leweston
• Cattistock
• Caundle Marsh
• Cerne Abbas
• Chalbury
• Chaldon Herring
• Chalmington
• Chantmarle
• Chardstock
• Charlestown
• Charlton Marshall
• Charminster

• Charminster - St. Mary
  

• Charmouth
• Chedington
• Cheselbourne
• Chesil
• Chetnole
• Chettle
• Chickerell
• Chideock
• Chilcombe
• Childhay
• Child Okeford
• Chilfrome
• Chiswel
• Christchurch
• Church Knowle

• Church Knowle - St. Peter
  

• Clifton Maybank
• Colehill
• Compton Abbas
• Compton Valence
• Coombe Keynes
• Corfe Castle
• Corfe Mullen
• Corscombe
• Coryates
• Cranborne

• Cranborne - St. Mary & St. Bartholomew
  

• Creech
• Crossways

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D

• Dewlish
• Dorchester

• All Saints
  
• Holy Trinity
  
• St. Mary
  
• St Peter
  

• Dottery
• Drimpton
• Durdle Door
• Durweston

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E

• East Burton
• East Chaldon
• East Chelborough
• East Holme (extra parochial)
• East Knighton
• East Lulworth
• Easton
• East Orchard
• East Stoke
• East Stour
• Edmondsham
• Evershot
• Eype

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F

• Farnham
• Farrington
• Ferndown
• Fiddleford
• Fifehead Magdalene

• Fifehead Magdalene - St. Mary Magdalene
  

• Fifehead Neville
• Fifehead St Quintin
• Fishpond Bottom
• Fleet
• Folke
• Fontmell Magna
• Forde Abbey
• Fordington
• Forston
• Fortuneswell
• Frampton

• Frampton - St. Mary
  
• Frome St Quintin
  

• Frome Vauchurch
• Frome Whitfield

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G

• Gillingham

• Gillingham St. Mary
  

• Glanvilles Wootton
• Goathill
• Godmanstone

• Godmanstone - Holy Trinity
  

• Grimstone
• Grove
• Gussage

• All Saints
  
• St Andrew
  
• St Michael
  

H

• Halstock
• Hammoon
• Hampreston
• Hamworthy
• Hanford
• Hawkchurch
• Haydon
• Hazelbury Bryan
• Hermitage
• Herston
• Highcliffe

• St. Mark's Churchyard
  

• Aylmer Spicer Cameron CV
  

• Higher Bockhampton
• Higher Kingcombe
• Higher Wraxall
• Hilton
• Hinton Martell
• Hinton Parva
• Hinton St Mary

• Hinton St.Mary -St. Peter
  

• Holme East - see East Holme
• Holdenhurst
• Holnest
• Holt
• Holt Heath
• Holwell
• Holworth
• Holywell
• Hooke
• Horton - St. Wolfreda
• Horton with Woodlands
• Huntingford
• Hurn
• Hyde

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I

• Ibberton
• Iwerne Courtney
• Iwerne Minster
• Iwerne Steepleton
  

K

• Kimmeridge
• Kingcombe
• King's Stag
• Kingston
• Kingston Lacy
• Kingston Maurward
• Kingston Russell
• Kington Magna

• All Saints Cemetery
  

• Kinson
• Knowlton

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L

• Langton Herring
• Langton Long Blandford
• Langton Matravers
• Leigh
• Leweston (extra-parochial)
• Lillington
• Lilliput
• Little Bredy
• Littlemoor
• Litton Cheney
• Loders
• Long Bredy
• Long Burton
• Long Crichel
• Longham
• Loscombe
• Lower Bockhampton
• Lower Burton
• Lower Kingcombe
• Lower Wraxall
• Lulworth Cove
• Lydlinch
• Lyme Regis
• Lyons Gate
• Lytchett Matravers
• Lytchett Minster

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M

• Maiden Castle
• Maiden Newton
• Mangerton
• Manston
• Mapperton
• Mappowder
• Margaret Marsh
• Marnhull

• Marnhull - St. Gregory
  

• Marshwood
• Martinstown
• Melbury Abbas
• Melbury Bubb
• Melbury Osmond

• Melbury Osmund - St. Osmund
  

• Melbury Sampford

• Melbury Sampford - Church in private hands
  

• Melcombe Bingham
• Melcombe Horsey
• Melcombe Regis
• Melplash
• Middlemarsh
• Milborne St Andrew

• St. Andrew's Churchyard
  

• Henry James (James Huntley Knight VC WIKI
  

• Milborne Stileham
• Milton Abbas

• Milton Abbas - Milton Abbey
  

• Minterne Magna

• Minterne Magna - St. Andrews
  

• Minterne Parva
• Monkton Up Wimborne
• Monkton Wyld
• Morcombelake
• Morden

• Morden - St. Mary
  

• More Crichel
• Moreton

• St Nicholas Cemetery
  

• Mosterton
• Motcombe
• Mudeford

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N

• Netherbury

• St. Mary's Churchyard
  

• Sir Reginald Clare Hart VC WIKI
  

• Nether Cerne

• Nether Cerne - All Saints
  

• Nether Compton
• Nettlecombe
• North Poorton
• North Wootton
• Nottington
• Notton

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O

• Oborne
• Okeford Fitzpaine
• Organford
• Osmington
• Osmington Mills
• Over Compton
• Owermoigne

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P

• Pamphill
• Parkstone
• Pentridge
• Piddlehinton
• Piddletrenthide
• Pilsdon
• Pimperne
• Plush
• Poole

• Poole, All Saints - Churchyard
  
• Poole St James
  

• Portesham
• Portland

• Municipal Cemetery
  
• Portland - St George Cemetery
  
• Portland (Easton) St. Geogre
  
• Portland Naval Cemetery
  

• Jack Foreman Mantle VC WIKI
  

• Powerstock

• St. Mary's Churchyard
  

• Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley VC
  

• Poxwell
• Poyntington
• Preston
• Puddletown

• Puddletown - St. Marey the Virgin
  

• Pulham
• Puncknowle
• Purse Caundle
• Radipole
• Rampisham
• Ringstead
• Rodden
• Ryme Intrinseca

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S

• Salwayash
• Sandbanks
• Sandford
• Seaborough
• Seatown
• Shaftesbury

• Holy Trinity
  
• St James
  
• St Peter
  

• Shapwick
• Sherborne

• Sherborne Abbey
  

• Shillingstone
• Shipton Gorge
• Shitterton
• Shroton
• Silton

• Silton - St. Nicholas
  

• Sixpenny Handley
• Southbourne

• Christchurch Cemetery
  

• Charles George Baker VC WIKI
  

• South Perrott
• Southwell
• Spetisbury
• Stalbridge
• Stalbridge Weston
• Stanbridge
• Stapehill
• Steeple
• Stinsford
• St. Leonards
• Stoborough
• Stock Gaylard
• Stockwood
• Stoke Abbot
• Stoke Wake
• Stourpaine
• Stour Provost
• Stour Row
• Stourton Caundle
• Stratton
• Studland
• Sturminster Marshall
• Sturminster Newton
• Sutton Poyntz
• Sutton Waldron
• Swanage

• All Saints
  
• Northbrook Cemetery
  

• Ernest Herbert Pitcher VC WIKI
  

• St. Mary
  

• Swyre
• Sydling St Nicholas
• Symondsbury

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T

• Tarrant Crawford
• Tarrant Gunville
• Tarrant Hinton
• Tarrant Keyneston
• Tarrant Launceston
• Tarrant Monkton
• Tarrant Rawston
• Tarrant Rushton
• Thorncombe
• Thornford
• Thornicombe
• Tincleton
• Todber
• Toller Fratrum
• Toller Porcorum
• Toller Whelme
• Tolpuddle
• Trent

• Trent - St. Andrew
  

• Tuckton
• Turners Puddle
• Turnworth
• Tyneham
  

U

• Ulwell
• Upcerne
• Uploders
• Upton
• Upwey

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V

• Verwood

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W

• Wakeham
• Walditch
• Walford
• Wambrook
• Wareham

• Holy Trinity
  
• St Martin
  
• Lady St Mary
  

• Warmwell
• Watercombe (extra-parochial)
• Waterloo
• Waytown
• West Bay
• West Bexington
• Westbourne
• West Chelborough

• West Chelborough - St. Andrew
  

• West Compton
• West Knighton

• West Knighton - St. Peter
  

• West Lulworth
• West Milton
• West Moors
• Weston
• West Orchard
• West Parley
• West Stafford

• West Stafford - St. Andrew
  

• West Stour
• West Woodyates (extra-parochial)
• Weymouth

• Holy Trinity
  
• St. John
  
• St. Mary
  
• St Mary Baptist Cemetery
  
• Weymouth Crematrorium
  

• Rev. Edward Noel Mellish VC
  

• Whitchurch Canonicorum
• Whitcombe
• Wick
• Wimborne

• Wimborne All Saints
  
• Wimborne Minster
  
• Wimborne St Giles
  

• Whitchurch

• Whitchurch - Canonicorum St. Candida
  

• Winfrith Newburgh
• Winkton
• Winterborne Anderson
• Winterborne Abbas
• Winterborne Came

• Winterborne Came - St. Peter
  

• Winterborne Clenston
• Winterborne Herringston
• Winterborne Houghton
• Winterborne Kingston
• Winterborne Monkton
• Winterborne Muston
• Winterborne St Martin
• Winterborne Steepleton
• Winterborne Stickland
• Winterborne Tomson
• Winterborne Whitchurch
• Winterborne Zelstone
• Witchampton
• Woodcutts
• Woodlands
• Woodsford
• Woodyates
• Wool

• Holy Rood
  
• St. Joseph
  

• Woolland
• Wooth
• Wootton Fitzpaine
• Wootton Glanville
• Worbarrow
• Worth Matravers
• Wraxall
• Wyke Regis
• Wynford Eagle

Y

• Yetminster

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