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The principal noblemen and gentlemen's seats of Dorsetshire are; Encombe, of William Moreton Pitt, Esq.; Grange, of John Bond, Esq.; Moer Critchel, of C. Sturt, Esq.; Parnham, of Sir William Oglander, Bart.; Lullworth Castle, of Thomas Wedd, Esq.; Abbey Milton, of the Earl of Dorchester; Sherborne Lodge, of the Earl of Digby; Kingston Hall, of H. Bankes, Esq.; Winterbourne, of E. Williams, Esq.; Wolverton House, the seat of the Trenchard family.

Seats.

This county affords the following titles to different noble families; Earl of Dorchester, to the family of Carleton; Earl of Sherborne, to the family of Dutton; Earl of Shaftesbury, to that of Ashley Cooper; Viscount Bridport, to that of Hood; Duke of Portland, to that of Bentick; Duke of Dorset, to that of Sackville; and Earl Digby, to that of Digby.

Titles.

The population of Dorsetshire in 1700 was 90,000; in 1750 it was 96,000; in 1801 it was 119,100; and, according to the returns of 1811, it was as follows:

| Inhabited houses | 23,210 | |------------------|--------| | Families inhabiting them | 26,821 | | Houses building | 171 | | Uninhabited | 841 | | Families employed in agriculture | 12,982 | | In trade, manufactures, and handicraft | 9,607 | | Not included in the above classes | 4,232 | | Total of males | 57,717 | | females | 66,976 | | Grand total | 124,693 | | Population of 1801 | 119,100 | | Increase | 5,493 |

See Hutchins History of Dorsetshire; and Beauties of England and Wales.