CHILTON-TRINITY, a parish in the northern
division of the hundred of PETHERTON, county of SOMERSET,
1 mile (N. by W.) from Bridg-water, containing
49 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, united
to the vicarage of Bridg-water, in the archdeaconry
of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in
the king's books at £7. 0. 2., and in the patronage of
the Crown. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity,
is a neat structure covered with lead, with a towerrebuilt
in 1728. This is a place of great antiquity,
having formerly given name to a hundred, called'
Chilton-Trinitatis. There is an endowment in land,
given by Edward Colston, for a charity school. The
navigable river Parret runs on the eastern side of the
parish; and the neighbourhood contains a great quantity
of coal lying beneath a stony stratum, here called
mark, on which, when split, impressions of fern and
other plants are visible; much of the coal is tinged
with sulphur, and in one mine a considerable quantity;
of lead-ore was found adhering to it.