▁Country ▁of ▁England . ▁St em ming ▁from ▁Pro to - N or se ▁and ▁Sax on , ▁it ▁is ▁preserved ▁in ▁the ▁isolated ▁Black more ▁V ale , ▁despite ▁it ▁somewhat ▁falling ▁into ▁dis use ▁throughout ▁the ▁earlier ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁when ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁the ▁rail ways ▁brought ▁the ▁custom s ▁and ▁language ▁of ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁and ▁in ▁particular , ▁London . ▁The ▁rural ▁dialect ▁is ▁still ▁spoken ▁in ▁some ▁villages ▁however ▁and ▁is ▁kept ▁alive ▁in ▁the ▁po ems ▁of ▁William ▁Bar nes ▁and ▁Robert ▁Young . ▁ ▁Orig ins ▁and ▁distribution ▁Dor set ▁( or ▁arch a ically , ▁Dor set shire ) ▁is ▁a ▁county ▁in ▁South ▁West ▁England ▁on ▁the ▁English ▁Channel ▁coast . ▁It ▁borders ▁Dev on ▁to ▁the ▁west , ▁Som erset ▁to ▁the ▁north - west , ▁W ilt shire ▁to ▁the ▁north - east , ▁and ▁Ham pshire ▁to ▁the ▁east . ▁The ▁Dor set ▁dialect ▁is ▁derivative ▁of ▁the ▁W esse x ▁dialect ▁which ▁is ▁spoken , ▁with ▁regional ▁variations , ▁in ▁Dor set , ▁W ilt shire , ▁Som erset ▁and ▁Dev on . ▁It ▁was ▁mainly ▁spoken ▁in ▁the ▁Black more ▁V ale ▁in ▁North ▁Dor set , ▁not ▁so ▁pre val ent ▁in ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁county ▁and ▁less ▁so ▁in ▁the ▁south - east , ▁which ▁was ▁histor ically ▁in ▁Ham pshire ▁prior ▁to ▁local ▁government ▁re - organisation ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁ ▁The