CHARDSTOCK, a parish in the hundred of
BEAMINSTER-FORUM-and-REDHONE, Bridport division
of the county of DORSET, 4 miles (S. S. W.) from Chard,
containing 1256 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of
the Prebendary of Chardstock in the Cathedral Church
of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at & 14. 2. 6.
The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. A great
quantity of cider is made in this parish: the river Ax
runs through it.