CHETTLE, a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset; 1 ½ mile SSW of Farnham, and 6 ½ NE of Blandford r. station. Post-town, Farnham, under Blandford. Acres, 1,113. Real property, £1,267. Pop., 177. Houses, 31. Chettle House was built by Vanbrugh; and is the seat of H. Chambers, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £180. Patron, H. Chambers, Esq. The church is a flint structure of 1849, with the tower of a previous edifice.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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