COMPTON (NETHER), a parish in the hundred of
SHERBORNE, Sherborne division of the county of
DORSET, 2 miles (W. N. W.) from Sherborne, containing
458 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory,
annexed to that of Over Compton, in the peculiar jurisdiction
of the Dean of Salisbury, rated in the king's
books at £7. 18. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas.