DIBDEN, a parish in the liberty of New-Forest (East) division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 3 miles (S. W.) from Southampton, containing 443 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £5. 12. 11., and in the patronage of the Earl of Malmesbury. The parish is bounded on the east by the Southampton water.