# DORSET VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1216841
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 13, 2026
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1216841


## Contact

- **Address:** Dorset History Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester
- **Postcode:** DT1 1RP
- **Phone:** 01305250550
- **Email:** sam.johnston@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:  TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF DORSET (1974 BOUNDARIES) AND HISTORIC COUNTY OF POOLE, AND TO FOSTER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF DORSET BY:(A) ADVANCING RESEARCH AND OTHER WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF ENGLAND RELATING TO THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF DORSET;(B) ENCOURAGING, PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH AND WRITING IN OR ABOUT THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF DORSET, DRAWING ESPECIALLY ON THE USE OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES AND FURTHERING THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH EDUCATION AND LEARNING AND PROVIDING THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THOSE INVOLVED WITH LOCAL HISTORY.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset
- Poole




## Trustees

- **Dr MARK PETER FORREST PHD** (Chair)
- Dr Cindy Jane Wood
- Dr JOHN HOWARD CHANDLER
- Dr Martin Ayres
- Dr Trixie Marie Gadd
- Mary Louise HAYWOOD
- Samuel James Johnston
- Victoria Jane de Wit