SHILLINGSTONE, or SHILLING-OKEFORD, a
parish in the hundred of CRANBORNE, in a detached
portion of the Shaston (West) division of the county
of DORSET, 5 miles (N. W.) from Blandford-Forum,
containing 430 inhabitants. The living is a rectory
in medieties, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese
of Bristol, the first mediety rated in the king's books
at £7. 9. 9., and the second at £6. 16. 5., and in the
patronage of J. Thompson, Esq. The church, dedicated
to the Holy Rood, has an embattled tower, crowned with
pinnacles; it contains a small altar-tomb, erected, it is
said, to the memory of the founder. The parish is
bounded on the north by the river Stour.