Writhlington (St. Mary Magdalene)

WRITHLINGTON (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Frome, hundred of Kilmersdon, E. division of Somerset, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from Frome; containing 301 inhabitants. It comprises 720 acres, partly arable, and partly meadow and pasture. The soil is chiefly clay; the surface is hilly, and the lower grounds are watered by a stream abounding with trout and eels, and forming the northern boundary of the parish. There are extensive coal-mines, and quarries of white freestone; and fullers'-earth is abundant. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £5. 7. 8½., and in the gift of the Prebendary of Writhlington in Salisbury Cathedral: the tithes have been commuted for £138; the glebe comprises 26 acres.