BROADWINSOR, a parish and liberty in the Bridport
division of the county of DORSET, 3 miles (W. by. N.)
from Beaminster, comprising the tythings of Childhay,
Deberford, and Drimpton, and containing, with Little
Winsor, which is in Redhone hundred, 1387 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of
Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books
at £15. 8. 9. The King, for that turn, was patron in
1828. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.
There is an endowment of about £31, Siven by
Robert Smith, in 1725, for the instruction of children.