COOMBE-KEYNES, a parish in the hundred of WINFRITH, Blandford (South) division of the county of DORSET, 6 miles (W. S. W.) from Wareham, containing 128 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Wool annexed, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £13. 18. 11., and in the patronage of John Bond, Esq. The church, dedicated to the Holy Rood, is partly in the early style of English architecCOP 510 COR ture, and partly of later date. The court leet is held by the tenure that the tythingman shall proceed to do suit at Winfrith court, repeating a few doggerel lines, and paying a fine of threepence. There is a small endowed school.