ALMER, a parish in the hundred of LOOSEBARROW,
Shaston (East) division of the county of DORSET, 5f
miles (S. S. E.) from Blandford-Forum, containing, with
the hamlet of Mapperton, 188 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese
of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £13. 5. 8., and
in the patronage of R. E. D. Grosvenor, Esq. The
church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small edifice, rebuilt
by Gen. Erie.