CERNE (NETHER), a parish in the hundred of
CERNE-TOTCOMBE-and-MODBURY, Cerne subdivision
of the county of DORSET, 5 miles (N. N. W.) from
Dorchester, containing 60 inhabitants. The living is a
perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and
diocese of Bristol, endowed with £40 per annum private
benefaction, and £600 parliamentary grant, and in the
patronage of F. J. Browne, Esq. There is a small endowment
for the instruction of children.