BUCKHORN-WESTON, a parish in the hundred
of REDLANE, Sturminster division of the county of
DORSET, 8 miles (W. by N.) from Shaftesbury, containing
3<27 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in
the king's books at £10. 1. 3., and in the patronage of
Lady Stapleton. In the chancel of the church is an ancient
statue, supposed to be that of the father-in-law of
Gascoigne,Lord Chief Justice in the reigns of Henry IV.
and V.; the gallery is said to have been painted by Sir
James Thornhill, who resided in a neighbouring parish.