Bradford-Abbas, a village and a parish in Dorsetshire. The village stands on the river Yeo, 1 1/2 mile ESE of Yeovil Junction station on the L. & S.W.R., and 3 1/2 SW by W of Sherborne, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Nether-Compton. The parish comprises 1216 acres; population of the civil parish, 523; of the ecclesiastical, including Clifton-Maybank, 603. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Clifton-Maybank, in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £287 with residence. Patron, Winchester College. The church is good.
