WOOL, a parish in the liberty of BINDON,
Blandford (South) division of the county of DORSET,
6 miles (WbyS.) from Wareham, containing 453 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to
the viqarage of Cpombe-Keynes, in the archdeaconry pf
Dorset, anddiocese of Bristol. The church, dedicated
to the Holy Rood, stands on the south side of the river
JJVome. Near it are the remains of Bindon abbey,
founded, in 1172, by Robert de Newburgh and Matilda
his wife, in honour of the Virgin Mary, for monks of the
Cistercian order, whose revenue at the dissolution was
£229. 2. 1. A fair for cattle is held on May 3rd.