KNIGHTON (WEST), a parish in the hundred of CULLIFORD-TREE, Dorchester division of the county of DORSET, 3½ miles (S.E.) from Dorchester, containing 229 inhabitants.

The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Broadmayne, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £8. 15. 5. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. Here is a small sum for the instruction of children.

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