FIFEHEAD-MAGDALEN, a parish in the hundred of REDLANE, Sturminster division of the county of DORSET, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Shaftesbury, containing 296 inhabitants.

The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £7, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Bristol. The church is dedicated to All Saints.

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