Description
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.
Parish Church
The church of St. Mary is an ancient edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles containing 6 bells: the roof was entirely restored in 1890 at a cost of £1,700, and in 1897 the organ was renovated and a clock presented by E.C. and A. Clayton esqrs. to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria: in 1906 the tower and floor were restored: the north chantry was added in 1913 at a cost of £490: there are 300 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1579.
Villages, Hamlets, &c.
Muckleford, a hamlet in Bradford parish, Dorsetshire, 4 1/2 miles NW of Dorchester.
