MOSTERTON, a parish in the hundred of BEAMINSTER-FORUM and REDHONE, Bridport division of the county of DORSET, 4 miles (N.N.W.) from Beaminster, containing 284 inhabitants.

The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of South Perrot, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol. The church has lately received an addition of one hundred and fifty-six sittings, of which eighty are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £50 towards defraying the expense.

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