CHESELBORNE, or Chesilborne, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; on an affluent of the river Piddle, 6 ½ miles E by S of Cerne-Abbas, and 7 ½ NNW of Moreton r; station. Post-town, Milton-Abbas, under Blandford. Acres, 2,580. Real property, £2,752. Pop., 432. Houses, 91. The property is divided among a few; The parish is a meet for the Blackmoor Vale harriers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £254. Patron, Lord Rivers. The church is good, and has an embattled tower.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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