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“PORTISHAM, a parish in the hundred of Uggscombe, Dorchester division of county Dorset, 8 miles S.W. of Dorchester, its post town, and 2 N.E. of Abbotsbury. The, parish contains the hamlets of Corfe Gate, Shilvington, and Waddon. The village is small and chiefly agricultural. At Ridge Hill is Hellstone cromlech, the largest in this county, and having on the N.W. an avenue leading to it. The top stone measures 10½ feet by 6, and rests upon nine upright stones with a barrow near it; there is also another cromlech at Blackdown. Relics of great antiquity have been discovered at Corton. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Sarum, value £74. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure with a square embattled tower, crowned by pinnacles and containing three bells. The parochial charities produce about £7 per annum, the bequest of Charles Masterman in 1771. There is a free school at Coryates, supported by voluntary contributions. Earl Fitzhardinge is lord of the manor."
"CORFE GATE, (or Coryatts), a hamlet in the parish of Portisham, in the county of Dorset, 5 miles S.W. of Dorchester.
"SHILVINGTON, a hamlet in the parish of Portisham, county Dorset, 5 miles S.W. of Dorchester."
"WADDON, a hamlet in the parish of Portisham, county Dorset, 5 miles S.W. of Dorchester."
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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
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- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Portesham (St. Peter) on his Dorset Churches website
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"CORFE GATE, (or Coryatts), a hamlet in the parish of Portisham, in the county of Dorset, 5 miles S.W. of Dorchester.
"SHILVINGTON, a hamlet in the parish of Portisham, county Dorset, 5 miles S.W. of Dorchester."
"WADDON, a hamlet in the parish of Portisham, county Dorset, 5 miles S.W. of Dorchester."
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