CRICKET (ST-THOMAS), a parish in the southern division of the hundred of PETHERTON, county of SOMERSET, 4 miles (W. byS.) from Crewkerne, containing 75 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £9.17.6., and in the patronage of Lord Bridport. The church is dedicated to St. Thomas.