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| | Thornford |
 | | A parish in Sherbourne hundred, union and division, 3 miles S.W. by S. from Sherbourne, and 4 S.E. from Yeovil, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset and deanery of Shaftsbury, contained in 1851 406 inhabitants and 1,458 acres. |
 | | The living is a discharged rectory, a peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury, valued at £230 in the patronage of G.D.W. Digby, Esq., to whom the Manor belongs; the Rev. |
 | | The church of St. Mary Magdelene is an edifice in the perpendicular style consisting of chancel, naive of three bays, North aisle, south porch, and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells; there are memorial windows to the Rev. C.R.Dampier and the Rev. R.H.Wingfield Digby, both former rectors and to Mrs. |
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