GODMANSTONE, a parish in the hundred of
CERNE-TOTCOMBE-and-MODBURY, Cerne sub-division
of the county of DORSET, 5 miles (N. N. W.) from
Dorchester, containing 128 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese
of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £13. 6. 8.
J. Goodenough, Esq. was patron in 1824. The church
is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.