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VCH Dorset Publications
The Victoria County History of Dorset currently amounts to 2 volumes.
Red Book Publications
Volume II
This volume, edited by William Page, was published in 1908, and indexed in Volume III. It contains the following entries:
- Ecclesiastical History
- Religious Houses
- Political History
- Maritime History
- Social and Economic History
- Agriculture
- Forestry
- Sport, Ancient and Modern
- Industries
The full text is available via the Internet Archive. Part of the text is also available at British History Online.
Volume III
This volume, edited by R. B. Pugh, was published in 1968 and is predominately the work of the important Domesday scholar, Ann Williams. It contains the following entries:
- Introduction to the Dorset Domesday
- Translation of the text of the Dorset Domesday
- Introduction to the Dorset Geld Rolls
- Text and translation of the Dorset Geld Rolls
- Summaries of Fiefs in Exon Domesday.
The full Text is available via the Internet Archive.
