OWERMOIGNE, a parish and liberty, in the Blandford (South)
division of the county of DORSET, 7
miles (S. E.) from Dorchester, containing 377 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books
at £23. 4. 7., and in the patronage of the Hon. William
Darner. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The
parish is bounded on the south by the English channel.
A charity school is supported by donations amounting
to about £ 8 per annum.