CHARMINSTER, a parish in the hundred of
GEORGE, Dorchester division of the county of DORSET,
2 miles (N. W. by N.) from Dorchester, containing 556
inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, with
that of Stratton annexed, in the peculiar jurisdiction of
the Dean of Salisbury, endowed with £400 royal bounty,
and £200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage
of J. Trenchard, Esq. The church is dedicated to St.
Mary.