PILSDON, a parish in the hundred of WHITCHURCH-CANONICORUM, Bridport division of the county of DORSET, 4 miles (W. by S) from Beaminster, containing 100 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in, the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £? The Hon. Lady Darner was patroness in 1802. The church is small and very ancient.