Description
Marshwood, a village and a parish in Dorsetshire. The village stands on the river Char, 5 miles SW of Beaminster, and 5 from Chard Road station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Charmouth. Acreage of parish, 3530; population, 348. The Char's valley here bears the name of the Vale of Marshwood, and is a very rough country with cold stiff clay of the lias formation, but is noted for its large-sized oaks. There are two ancient camps. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Whitchurch Canonicorum, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church was rebuilt in 1884.
Parish Church
The church of St. Mary is a plain building of stone in the Gothic style, erected in 1841 and rebuilt in 1884, and consisting of nave of four bays, south aisle and an embattled north-western tower containing one bell, and will seat 180.
The register dates from the year 1841.
