FOLKE, a parish in the hundred of SHERBORNE,
Sherl>orne division of the county of DORSET, 3 miles
(S. E. by S.) from Sherborne, containing 269 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of
the Bean of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at
£9. 12. 3. The Rev. W. Chafin and the Dean and
Chapter of Salisbury were joint patrons in 1777. The
church is dedicated to St. Lawrence.