CHEDDINGTON, or Chedington, a parish in Beaminster district, Dorset; at the sources of the rivers Axe and Parret, 3 ¼ miles N of Beaminster, and 4 ½ SE of Crewkerne r. station. Post-town, Mosterton, under Crewkerne. Acres, 773. Real property, with Mosterton and South Perrot, £5,923. Pop., 176. Houses, 33. The property is divided among a few. The land is high and hilly; and most of its eminences command superb views. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £128. Patron, W. T, Cox, Esq. The church is modern, and in the Tudor style. Hare, the translator of Horace, was rector.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
