CHARDSTOCK, a parish in the hundred of BEAMINSTER-FORUM and REDHONE, Bridport division of the county of DORSET, 4½ miles (S.S.W.) from Chard, containing 1256 inhabitants.

The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Prebendary of Chardstock in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £14. 2. 6. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The river Ax runs through this parish.

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