Swell (St. Catherine)
SWELL (St. Catherine), a parish, in the union of Langport, hundred of Abdick and Bulstone, W. division of Somerset, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from Langport; containing 109 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage endowed with the rectorial tithes, annexed to the living of Fivehead, and valued in the king's books at £5. 10. 5.: the tithes have been commuted for £168. 9., and the glebe comprises 28 acres.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.