LYTCHETT-MATRAVERS, a parish in the hundred
of COGDEAN, Shaston (East) division of the county
of DORSET, 8 miles (N. by E.) from Wareham, containing
609 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in
the king's books at £ 13. 3. 4. W. Trenchard, Esq. was
patron in 1810. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.