Description
Compton-Vallence or East Compton, a parish in Dorsetshire, 3 1/2 miles from Maiden Newton station on the G.W.R., and 8 WNW of Dorchester. It has a post office, of the name of Compton-Vallence, under Dorchester; money order and telegraph office, Maiden Newton. Acreage, 1322; population, 115. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; value, £263 with residence. The church was rebuilt, except the tower, which is ancient, in 1840, in the Later English style, after designs by Ferrey.
Parish Church
The church of St. Thomas of Canterbury is a building of stone, in the Gothic style of the 15th century, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower, containing a clock and 4 bells: the church, with the exception of the tower, was rebuilt and a north aisle added in 1839: there are 150 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1710.
