BREDY (LITTLE), a chapelry in that part of
the parish of LONG-BREDY which is hi the hundred
of UGGSCOMBE, Dorchester division of the county of
DORSET, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Dorchester, containing
126 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St.
Michael. Here is a large quarry, from which the stone
for erecting Winterborne abbey was obtained. The river
Bride, or Brede, has its source in a small lake here,
called Bride Head, near which is a Druidical circle of
stones. A Sunday school is supported by Robert Williams^
Esq., at whose expense the children are also
clothed.