WYKE-REGIS, a parish in the liberty of WYKEREGIS-and-ETWALL,
Dorchester division of the county
of DORSET, 1 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- !, 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 Smallmouth,
in this parish, is a ferry to the Isle of Portland.