BRYANSTON, a parish in the hundred of PIMPERNE, Blandford (North) division of the county of DORSET, 1 mile (N.W. by W.) from Blandford-Forum, containing 79 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with that of Durweston consolidated^ in'the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in.the king's books at £8,11. 5., and in the patronage of Edward Berkeley Porfcman, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Martin. The navigable river Stour forms the northern boundary of this parish.