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"BLANDFORD ST. MARY is a small village, in a parish of its name, in the same division and hundred as Blandford, about a mile west from that town. This village is only to be noticed as having been the birth place of the celebrated antiquary, Brown Willis: his 'History of Cathedrals,' 'Notitia Parliamentoria,' and other publications, are much esteemed, and his extensive ms. collections for a history of Buckinghamshire sufficiently evince his assiduity. The whole parish contains about 400 inhabitants." [Pigot's 1830 Directory of Dorset.]
Michael Day provides pictures and bibliography for Blandford St Mary church dedicated to St. Mary as a part of UKOLN: The UK Office for Library and Information Networking, University of Bath.
Blandford St Mary from "The Dorset Page"