Description
Chardstock, a village and a parish in Dorsetshire. The village stands on the river Kit, a tributary of the Axe, near the Yeovil and Exeter railway, between the Chard Road and Axminster stations, 3 miles SSW of Chard, under which it has a post office. Acreage, 5362; population, 1075. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; gross value, £346 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church was rebuilt and enlarged in 1864.
Villages, Hamlets, &c.
Chardstock All Saints, a chapelry in Chardstock and Axminster parishes, Dorsetshire and Devonshire, adjacent to the Yeovil and Exeter railway, 2 miles NNE of Axminster, which is the post town. The chapelry was constituted in 1840. Population, 444. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £193 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury.
