Gussage is a series of three villages in north Dorset, England, situated along a tributory of the River Allen on Cranborne Chase, eight miles north east of Blandford Forum and 10 miles north of Wimborne. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Cranborne Chase ( is a Chalk Plateau in central southern England, straddling the counties Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States This article is about the town Wimborne Minster For the church of Wimborne Minster see Wimborne Minster. The stream runs through all three parishes: Gussage All Saints, population 192, Gussage St Michael, pop. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology 219 (as of 2001) and Gussage St Andrew, population unknown, but smaller than the other two villages. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.