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“LYDLINCH, a parish in the hundred of Sherborne, county Dorset, 3 miles W. of Sturminster-Newton, and 9 S.E. of Sherborne. Blandford is its post town. It is situated on the Lyd, a tributary of the river Stour. The tithes have been commute for a rent-charge of £440, besides £60 from the parishes of West Parley and Horton. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Salisbury, value £458. The church is a small edifice, dedicated to St. Thomas- a-Becket. The charities produce about £80 per annum, and are applied to the repairs of the church, apprenticing of children, and relief of the poor. There is a National school for both sexes. The Marchioness of Thomond is lady of the manor."

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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  • A description of Lydlinch from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"LYDLINCH, a parish in the hundred of Sherborne, county Dorset, 3 miles W. of Sturminster-Newton, and 9 S.E. of Sherborne. Blandford is its post town. It is situated on the Lyd, a tributary of the river Stour. The tithes have been commute for a rent-charge of £440, besides £60 from the parishes of West Parley and Horton. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Salisbury, value £458. The church is a small edifice, dedicated to St. Thomas- a-Becket. The charities produce about £80 per annum, and are applied to the repairs of the church, apprenticing of children, and relief of the poor. There is a National school for both sexes. The Marchioness of Thomond is lady of the manor."

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