BABCARY, a parish in the hundred of CATSASH, county of SOMERSET, 4 miles (E.) from Somerton, containing 422 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £13. 10. 5., and in the patronage of N. and G. Messiter and John Twyford, Esqrs. The church is dedicated to the Holy Cross.