EVERSHOT, a chapelry in the parish of FROME
ST-Q.UINTIN, hundred of TOLLERFORD, Dorchester division
of the county of DORSET, 7 miles (E. by N.) from
Beaminster, containing 567 inhabitants. The chapel is
dedicated to St. Osmond. A market formerly held here
on Saturday has been discontinued; a fair for bullocks
and toys is held on the 12th of May. There is a free
grammar school, with an endowment of about £145
per annum.