BRADFORD-PEVERELL, a parish in the hundred
of GEORGE, Dorchester division of the county of DORSET,
3 miles (N. W. by W.) from Dorchester, containing,
with Muckleford, 277 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of
Bristol, rated in the king's books at £11. 2. 11., and m
the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of
Winchester College. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The
village is situated on the line of a Roman road; and
there are several tumuli in the vicinity, some of which,
on being opened, were found to contain urns, burnt
bones, and various other relics of the Romans.