KNIGHTON (WEST), a parish in the hundred of
CULLIFORD-TREE Dorchester division of the county of
DORSET, 3g miles (S. E.) from Dorchester, containing
229 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, annexed to
that of Broadmayne, in the archdeaconry of Dorset,
and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at
£8. 15. 5. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. Here
is a small sum for the instruction x>f children.