Description
Fifehead Magdalen, a parish in Dorsetshire on the river Stour, 4 miles from Gillingham station on the L. & S.W.R., and 6 W by S of Shaftesbury. Post town, Bath. Acreage, 973 ; population, 130. The manor belonged to St Augustine's in Bristol, and now belongs to Lord Wimborne. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; gross value, £247 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church contains monuments of the Newmans, and is good.
Parish Church
The church of St. Mary Magdalene is a small and plain building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle and porch, and an embattled tower containing 3 bells, rehung in 1904: the interior of the church was thoroughly restored in the year 1884, and in 1904 a complete restoration was carried out under the direction of Mr. E. Doran Webb, architect, of Salisbury, when the roof was renewed in oak and raised to its original height; the interior reseated in oak, a new reredos and organ provided at the sole cost of the late Col. P.J. Browne C.B., J.P.; there are 100 sittings.
 Parish Church |  Nave and Chancel |
