Seavington (St. Mary)
SEAVINGTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Chard, hundred of South Petherton, W. division of Somerset, 3 miles (E.) from Ilminster; containing, with the tything of Seavington-Abbott, 374 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, with a net income of £50, in the gift of Earl Poulett: the tithes have been commuted for £390, of which £350 are payable to his lordship.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.