MELBURY-BUBB, a parish in the hundred of
YETMINSTER, Sherborne division of the county of DORSET,
Q miles (S. S.W.) from Sherborne, containing, with
the chapelry of Woolcombe, 129 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese
of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £11. 10. 5.,
and in the patronage of the Earl of Hchester. The
church, dedicated to St. Mary, is built of flint and stone,
chiefly in the later style, with a tower on the south
side, which forms a porch; there are some remains
of ancient stained glass. Woolcombe chapel has been
demolished. On an eminence, called Bubb down, was
formerly a beacon.