CULBONE, otherwise K1LNER, a parish in the
hundred of CARHAMPTON, county of SOMERSET, 9
miles (W. by N.) from Minehead, containing 45 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 .£3. 18. ll., endowed
with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Lord
King. The church is dedicated to St. Culbone. This
parish is bounded on the north by the Bristol channel,
and exhibits the most romantic scenery; the village,
from the steepness of the surrounding hills, was, until
within the last few years, scarcely approachable, except
on foot.