Description
Symondsbury, a parish in Dorsetshire, 1 1/2 mile W by N of Bridport station on the G.W.R. Post town, Bridport. Acreage, 3893; population, 1186. There is a parish council consisting of nine members and a chairman. The manor belongs to the Earl of Ilchester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; gross value, £823 with residence. The parochial church is Perpendicular and cruciform. Two churches have been erected at Broadoak and Eype.
Parish Church
The church of St. John the Baptist is an ancient cruciform edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave, transepts, south porch and a central embattled tower containing a clock and 5 bells: William Gulston, bishop of Bristol, d. 1684, is buried in the church: there are two stained windows: the church affords 450 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1558.
