BURLESTON, a parish in the hundred of PIDDLETOWN,
Dorchester division of the county of DORSET,
6 miles (E. N. E.) from Dorchester, containing 63 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, united to that of
Admiston, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese
of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £3. 17. 1-
The river Piddle passes on the southern side of the
village.