BURTON-BRADSTOCK, a parish and a subdistrict in Bridport district, Dorset. The parish lies on the river Bredy, and on the coast, 3 miles SSE of Bridport r. station; includes the tything of Sturthill; and has a post office under Bridport. Acres, 2,680,-of which 155 are water. Real property, with Shipton-George and Sturthill, £6,436. Pop., 1,010. Houses, 223. Cliffs on the coast consist of fuller's earth. The vale of the Bredy here is beautiful. There are flax-mills and a twine factory. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Shipton-George, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £336.* Patron, Lord Rivers. Charities, £4.-The subdistrict contains nine parishes and a parochial chapelry. Acres, 16,306. Pop., 4,724. Houses, 980.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))