OSMINGTON, a parish in the hundred of CULLIFORDTREE, Dor6hester division of the county of DORSET, 4 miles (N.E:) from Melcombe-Regis, containing 318' inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the Icing's books at £11, 0. 2., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is dedicated to St. Osmond. The parish is bounded on the south by the English channel.