WICHAMPTON, (Dorset) on the W. side of the r. Allen, near Morechurch, bet. Cranborne-Chace and Winburn-Minster, anciently bel. to the barons Maltravers; one of whom, obtained a licence of Edw. III. for a Mt. here on M. and a Fair on the Assumption of the Virgin Mary; the former of which has been long discontinued.