WINFRITH-NEWBURGH, a parish in the hundred of WINFRITH, Blandford (South) division of the county of DORSET, 9 miles (W. by S.) from Wareham, containing 764 inhabitants.

The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of West Lullworth annexed, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £23. 14. 4½., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Salisbury. The church, dedicated to St. Christopher, has a fine Norman doorway and an embattled tower; the nave is covered with lead.

This is a very extensive and ancient parish, giving name to the hundred, and formerly belonged to the family of Newburgh, who had a seat here, of which there are no traces.

Near the hamlet of Bromehill, a rivulet, tributary to the Frome, is crossed by three bridges, erected in 1769, at the joint expense of Edward Weld and James Frampton, Esqrs. A small school is supported by annual subscriptions.

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