Quantoxhead, West (St. Ethelred)

QUANTOXHEAD, WEST (St. Ethelred), a parish, in the union of Williton, hundred of Williton and Freemanners, W. division of Somerset, 15½ miles (W. N. W.) from the town of Bridgwater; containing 232 inhabitants. This parish comprises 1412a. 3r. 31p., of which 529 are common or waste; and is beautifully situated on the road from Bridgwater to Minehead, within half a mile of the Bristol Channel. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £11. 8. 8., and in the gift of Sir Peregrine Acland: the tithes have been commuted for £220, and there are 38 acres of glebe.