There have been previous surveys of some of the houses in Cerne Abbas, the results of which can be viewed through the National Monuments Records website. These surveys rarely looked behind the front facade of the houses, nor was it their role to consider who might have lived in them.

The Society has taken the first steps to build on these surveys, by researching in more detail the built and social histories of a selection of the more interesting houses in the village. The aim is to achieve a better appreciation of the development of the village from earliest times.

A summary of the results of these researches has been produced.