LYDLINCH, a parish in the hundred of SHERBORNE, Sherborne division of the county of DORSET, 3 miles (W. by S.) from Sturminster-Newton, containing 364 inhabitants.

The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £14. 5. 10. John Fane, Esq., and another were patrons in 1818. The church is dedicated to St. Thomas.

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