STOCK-GAYLAND, a parish in the hundred of BROWNSHALL, Sturminster division of the county of DORSET, 7 miles (E.S.E.) from Sherborne, containing 63 inhabitants.

The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £5. 7. 1. The Rev. H. F. Yeatman was patron in 1819.

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