Description
Broadwindsor, a village and a parish in Dorsetshire. The village stands 3 miles WNW of Beaminster, and 6 S of Crewkerne station on the L. & S.W.R., and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Beaminster (R.S.O.) The parish includes also the tithings of Childhay, Dibberford, Drimpton, and Little Windsor. Acreage, 6303; population, 1105. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Blackdown, in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £76 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is ancient, and has a tower; it was restored and almost rebuilt in 1868. There is also a Congregational chapel, and charities. Thomas Fuller, author of the " History of the Holy War,'' was vicar. The manufacture of sailcloth is carried on.