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Iwerne Minster

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“IWERNE MINSTER, a parish in the hundred of Sixpenny-Handley, West Shaston division of county Dorset, 6 miles N. of Blandford, its post town, and 6 S. of Shaftesbury. It is situated at the head of the small river Ewerne, and on the high road from Shaftesbury to Blandford and Poole. The village is considerable, but chiefly agricultural. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Sarum, value £306, in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Windsor. Annexed are the perpetual curacies of Hinton, value £342, and East Orchard with Margaret Marsh, value £100, both in the patronage of the Vicar of Iwerne Minster. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a cruciform structure with a spire 162 feet in height. The register dates from 1742. There is a National school for both sexes. The Baptists have a place of worship. Thomas B. Bower, Esq., is lord of the manor."

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"IWERNE MINSTER, a parish in the hundred of Sixpenny-Handley, West Shaston division of county Dorset, 6 miles N. of Blandford, its post town, and 6 S. of Shaftesbury. It is situated at the head of the small river Ewerne, and on the high road from Shaftesbury to Blandford and Poole. The village is considerable, but chiefly agricultural. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Sarum, value £306, in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Windsor. Annexed are the perpetual curacies of Hinton, value £342, and East Orchard with Margaret Marsh, value £100, both in the patronage of the Vicar of Iwerne Minster. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a cruciform structure with a spire 162 feet in height. The register dates from 1742. There is a National school for both sexes. The Baptists have a place of worship. Thomas B. Bower, Esq., is lord of the manor."

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