STOBOROUGH, a liberty in the parish of HOLY-TRINITY,
borough of WAREHAM, Blandford
(South) division of the county of DORSET, 1 mile
(S.) from Wareham, containing 280 inhabitants. It was
formerly governed by a mayor, chosen annually at
Michaelmas; but the inhabitants declining to qualify
themselves, when the Schism act came into operation,
in 1714, the office no longer exists, but a bailiff is appointed
in the same manner as the mayor was, viz., by
a jury at the court held by the lord of the manor.