WINFRITH-NEWBURGH, a parish in the hundred
of WINFRITH, Blandford (South) division of the county
of DORSET, 9 miles (WbyS.) from Wareham, containing
764 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with the
perpetual curacy of West Lullworth annexed, in the
archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated
in the king's books at £23. 14. 4., and in the patronage
of the Bishop of Salisbury. The church, dedicated
to St. Christopher, has a fine Norman doorway and an
embattled tower; the nave is covered with lead. This
is a very extensive and ancient parish, giving name to
the hundred, and formerly belonged to the family of
Newburgh, who had a seat here, of which there are no
traces. Near the hamlet of Bromehill, a rivulet, tributary
to the Frome, is crossed by three bridges, erected
in 1769, at the joint expense of Edward Weld and James
Frampton, Esqrs. A small school is supported by annual
subscriptions.