WITCHAMPTON, a parish in that part of the hundred of CRANBORNE which is in the Shaston (East) division of the county of DORSET, 4 miles (N. byW.) from Wimborne-Minster, containing 442 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £12. 12. 85., and in the patronage of Mrs. Mary King. The church,' dedicated to All Saints, is a large handsome edifice. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The rapid river Allen runs through the parish, and on its bank is an extensive paper-mill. Here are the remains of an old monastery, once subordinate to the abbots of Crawford, and now converted into a barn.