BEXINGTON, a hamlet (formerly a parish) in the
liberty of BINDON, Blandford (South) division, though
locally in the parish of Abbotsbury, hundred of Uggscombe,
Dorchester division of the county of DORSET
1 mile (N. W.) from Abbotsbury, with which the population
is returned. The living, which was a rectory,
was, in 1451, annexed to that of Puncknollj and the
church, which was dedicated to St. Giles, and stood on
the sea-shore, not far from the ruins of Abbotsbury
castle, has long been desecrated.