Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
WOOL	Preferred	English	1844	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.
WOOL HOLY ROOD	Alternate	English			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Ecclesiastical parishes or districts - Families or separate occupiers, and population, 1911'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was preceded by	WOOL Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
DORSET	Ancient County	1844	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.
DORCHESTER	Rural Deanery	1844	1872	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.
PURBECK	Rural Deanery	1872	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1974	was abolished to create	WOOL EAST BURTON AND COOMBE KEYNES EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.