Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MOSTERTON

MOSTERTON, a village and a parish in Beaminster district, Dorset. The village stands on the river Axe, 1 mile S of the boundary with Somerset, 2½ SSE of Crewkerne r. station, and 3¼ NW by N of Beaminster; and has a post office under Crewkerne. The parish comprises 958 acres. Real property, with Cheddington and South Perrot, £5,923. Rated property of M. alone, £1,367. Pop., 380. Houses, 82. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to T. Hussey, Esq. Mosterton House was the seat of the Hood family; stands directly opposite the church; and was converted into an alehouse. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of South Perrot, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church was rebuilt in 1833, and has a tower. The old churchyard contains a tomb of the Hoods.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Mosterton CP/Ch       Beaminster RegD/PLU       Dorset AncC
Place: Mosterton

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