| BURTON-BRADSTOCK, a parish in the
liberty of FRAMPTON, Bridport division of the county of DORSET, 2¾
miles (S.E. by S.) from Bridport, containing
854 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £25. Lord Rivers was patron in 1812. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. This parish has the English channel on the south, and Bridport harbour on the west; the cliffs on the beach rise perpendicularly to a considerable height, and contain a vast quantity of fossils. Volume 1, page 286 |
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