BREDY (LONG), a parish in the hundred of EGGERTON,
Bridport division of the county of DORSET,
8 miles (W.) from Dorchester, containing 291
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's
books at £19. 12. 1., and in the patronage of R. Williams,
Esq. The church is dedicated to St. John the
Baptist.