FLEET, a parish in the hundred of UGGSCOMBE,
Dorchester division of the county of DORSET, 4 miles
(W. by N.) from Weymouth, containing 132 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's
books at £5. 6. 8., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £200 royal bounty. J. Gould, Esq. was
patron in 1802. The church is a small ancient edifice
dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The parish is supposed
to take its name from its situation near the Fleet water.
A market and fair were granted in the 28th of Henry III,,
which have been discontinued.