MARNHULL, a parish in the hundred of STURMINSTER-
NEWTON-CASTLE, Sturminster division of the
county of DORSET, 6 miles (W.S.W.) from Shaftesbury,
containing 1273 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol,
rated in the Icing's books at £31. 6. 10. The Rev. H.
Place was patron in 1778. The church is dedicated to.
St. Gregory. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists.