CHIDEOCK, a parish in the hundred of WHITCHURCH-CANONICORUM,
Bridport division of the county
of DORSET, 2 miles (W.) from Bridport, containing
715 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in
the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, and
in the patronage of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The
church is dedicated to St. Giles. This parish is bounded
on the south by the English channel.