CRITCHELL (MOORE), a parish in the hundred of
BADBURY, Shaston (East) division of the county of
DORSET, 6 miles (S. W. by W.) from Cranborne, containing
267 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, united in 1774
to that of Long Critchell, in the archdeaconry of Dorset,
and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books
at £ 10. 9. 7. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a
small ancient fabric, having at the west end an embattled
tower, with a porch of modern erection: it had a chantry
well endowed with certain messuages and land, one
huadred sheep, and twelve hogs, by John de Bridport,
in the 2nd of Edward III., for a chaplain to pray daily
for his soul.