[1] The village school was opened in 1869 on land owned by the Nepean family of Loders Court.

To the west of Uploders and separated from it by a few fields is Yondover, where the village road crosses the River Asker.

[4] During the reign of Henry I, Baldwin de Redvers founded a seat of a Benedictine priory at Loders.

It is part of the Eggardon electoral ward, which elects one member to Dorset Council.

For elections to the UK Parliament, Loders is part of the West Dorset constituency.