CHISLEBOROUGH, a parish in the hundred of
HOUNDSBOROUGH-BERWICK-and-COKER, county of
SOMERSET, 4 miles (N. N. E.) from Crewkerne, containing
434 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with the
perpetual curacy of West Chinnock annexed, in the
archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells,
rated in the king's books at £14. 5. 7., and in the patronage
of the Earl of Ilchester. The church is dedicated
to St. Peter and St. Paul. A fair for horses, cattle,
and toys', is held on the last Tuesday in October." The
river Parret runs through this parish.