Shaftesbury, Dorset Poor Law Union


 * Ashmore
 * Cann, Compton Abbas
 * East Orchard, East Stour
 * Fontmell Magna
 * Gillingham
 * Iwerne Minster
 * Margaret Marsh, Melbury Abbas, Motcombe
 * Shaftesbury Holy Trinity, Shaftesbury  St James, Shaftesbury St Peter, Stour Provost, Sutton Waldron
 * Todber
 * West Orchard, West Stour

Later Additions

 * Alcester (created from Shaftesbury in 1894);
 * Bourton and Silton (transferred from Mere PLU in 1894);
 * Buckhorn Weston and Kington Magna (transferred from Wincanton PLU in 1894)