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Melbury-Osmond (St. Osmond)

MELBURY-OSMOND (St. Osmond), a parish, in the union of Beaminster, hundred of Yetminster, Sherborne division of Dorset, 14 miles (N. W. by N.) from Dorchester; containing 404 inhabitants, and comprising by measurement 1192 acres. The living is a discharged rectory, with that of Melbury-Sampford united in 1750, valued in the king's books at £8. 3. 4., and in the gift of the Earl of Ilchester. The tithes have been commuted for £177, and the glebe comprises 86 acres; the glebe-house, a great part of which was built in 1641, is beautifully situated, and in the gardens is a remarkably fine yew-tree. The church, rebuilt in 1745, is a neat structure of freestone, with a square embattled tower at the east end. The fossil called the tortoise stone is found here, and when polished is highly ornamental.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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