Sandford-Orcas (St. Nicholas)

SANDFORD-ORCAS (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Sherborne, hundred of Horethorne, E. division of Somerset, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Sherborne; containing 370 inhabitants. It comprises 1100 acres of land, in the south-eastern part of the county, on the border of Dorsetshire. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £11. 9. 9½., and in the gift of John Hutchins, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £260, and the glebe comprises 45 acres. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.