BROCKLEY, a parish forming, with the parish of
Kingston-Seymour, a detached portion of the hundred
of CHEWTON, county of SOMERSET, 9 miles (N. by E.)
from Axbridge, containing 173 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bath,
and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's
books at £9. 18. 4., and in the patronage of J. H. S.
Piggot, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas.
Lead-ore exists in the eastern part of the parish, and
there are numerous basaltic columns, similar to those
forming the Giant's Causeway, in Ireland.