FIFEHEAD-MAGDALEN, a parish in the hundred
of REDLANE, Starminster division of the county of
DORSET, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Shaftesbury, containing
296 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the
king's books at £7, and in the patronage of the Bishop
of Bristol. The church is dedicated to All Saints.