RADIPOLE, a parish in the hundred of CULLIFORDTREE,
Dorchester division of the county of DORSET,
2 miles (N. N.W.) from Melcombe-Regis, containing
226 inhabitants. The living was formerly a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of
Bristol, rated in the king's books at £11. 5. 5., but
the church at Melcombe-Regis having been made parochial,
in the 1st of James I., this church was declared
to be the chapel of ease; it is dedicated to St. Mary.
The parish is situated at the upper end of Weymouth
harbour.