WYKE-REGIS, a parish in the liberty of WYKE-REGIS and ETWALL, Dorchester division of the county of DORSET, 1¼ mile (W.S.W.) from Weymouth, containing 914 inhabitants.

The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Weymouth annexed, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £19. 7. 1., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a large and ancient pile, with a lofty embattled tower. It is the mother church of Weymouth, and the usual burial-place of its inhabitants. At Small-mouth, in this parish, is a ferry to the Isle of Portland.

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