Church of England parishes and benefices

 

Diocese of Salisbury,

Archdeaconry of DORSET

 

Deanery	Benefices	Parishes	Churches
MILTON & BLANDFORD	9	38	40
PURBECK	6	14	24
Poole and North Bournemouth	19	21	27
WIMBORNE	11	19	25
Totals	45	92	116

 

69.56% of parishes are part of multi-parish benefices

 

Benefices with the most churches

Benefice	Churches
Chase	10
Saint Aldhelm	8
Wimborne Minster and the Northern Villages	6
Winterborne Valley & Milton Abbas	6
Iwerne Valley	5
Red Post	5
Wareham	5
Cranborne w Boveridge Edmondsham etc	4
The Lulworths Winfrith Newburgh and Chaldon	4
Swanage and Studland	4
Canford Magna	3
Sixpenny Handley (St. Mary) w Gussage St Andrew an	3
The Lytchetts and Upton	3
Pimperne Stourpaine Durweston and Bryanston	3
Spetisbury w Charlton Marshall etc	3
The Bridge Parishes	3
Bere Regis and Affpuddle w Turnerspuddle	2
Blandford Forum and Langton Long	2
Canford Cliffs and Sandbanks	2
Corfe Mullen	2