Description
Moreton, a village and a parish in Dorsetshire. The village stands on the river Frome, 1 1/2 mile N of a station of its own name on the L. & S.W.R., 129 miles from London and 7 E of Dorchester. It has a post and money order office under Dorchester; telegraph office, at the railway station. Acreage of parish, 2157; population, 356. The parish council consists of seven members. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; gross value, £200 with residence. The church is good, and contains a brass and several monuments. Moreton House is a handsome mansion of Portland stone, belonging to the Frampton family.
Parish Church
The church or St. Nicholas, situated in the park, and rebuilt in 1777 by James Frampton esq. is a handsome edifice of stone, in the Gothic style, and consists of apsidal chancel, nave, aisles, west porch and a south tower with four pinnacles containing a clock and 2 bells : there are eight stained windows, several carved marble tablets and an ancient brass to the Frampton family, who have been buried here since the Reformation: in the churchyard is buried Prince Clarence, second son of the late king of the Mosquito territory, Central America, who came to this country for the purpose of being educated: there are 200 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1741.
