DURWESTON, a parish in the hundred of PIMPERNE,
Blandford (North) division of the county of
DORSET, 3 miles (N.W.) from Blandford-Forum, containing
454 inhabitants. The living is a consolidated
rectory with Bryanston, in the archdeaconry of Dorset,
and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at
£13. 11. 3., and in the patronage of E. B. Portman,
Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. Knighton,
formerly a distinct parish, has long since been consolidated
with Durweston. The river Stour is here navigable,
and is crossed by a bridge on the east of the
village.