DITTISHAM, a parish in the hundred of COLERIDGE,
county of DEVON, 5 miles (N. by W.) from
Dartmouth, containing 704 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese of
Exeter, rated in the king's books at £34.15. Viscount
Valletort was patron in 1827 The church, dedicated
to St. George, has a richly sculptured stone pulpit.
The parish, which is remarkable for the beauty of its
scenery, is crossed by the navigable river Dart, over
which there is a ferry.