Church of England parishes and benefices

 

Diocese of Salisbury,

Archdeaconry of DORSET

 

Deanery	Benefices	Parishes	Churches
MILTON & BLANDFORD	8	34	36
PURBECK	4	12	24
Poole and North Bournemouth	19	21	27
WIMBORNE	11	18	28
Totals	42	85	115

 

69.41% of parishes are part of multi-parish benefices

 

Benefices with the most churches

Benefice	Churches
Chase	8
Saint Aldhelm	8
Wesst Purbeck	7
Wimborne Minster and Wimborne Villages	7
Knowlton Circle	6
Red Post	6
Winterborne Valley & Milton Abbas	6
Iwerne Valley	5
Wareham	5
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
Blandford Forum and Langton Long	2
Canford Cliffs and Sandbanks	2
Corfe Mullen	2
Hampreston and Ferndown	2
Hamworthy	2