TOLPUDDLE, a parish in the hundred of PIDDLETOWN,
Dorchester division of the county of DORSET,
7 miles (E.N.E.) from Dorchester, containing 351 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's
books at £15. 7. 3., and in the patronage of the Dean
and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The church is
a small ancient fabric, built of rubble. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The parish is
bounded on the south by the small river Piddle.