LYDLINCH, a parish in the hundred of SHERBORNE,
Sherborne division of the county of DORSET,
3 miles (W. by S.) from Sturminster-Newton, containing
364 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in
the king's books at £14. 5. 10. John Fane, Esq., and
another were patrons in 1818. The church is dedicated
to St. Thomas.