EDMONSHAM, a parish in that part of the hundred
of CRANBORNE which is in the Shaston (East) division
of the county of DORSET, 1 mile (S. byE.) from
Cranborne, containing 262 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of
Bristol, rated in the king's books at £6. 5. The Earl
of Shaftesbury was patron in 1826. The church is dedicated
to St. Nicholas. There is a chalybeate spring in
the parish.