DUNKERTON, a parish in the hundred of WELLOW,
county of SOMERSET, 5 miles (S. W. by S.) from Bath,
containing 365 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and
Wells, rated in the king's books at £ 10. 4. 7., and in
the patronage of Sir George Bampfylde, Bart. The
church is dedicated to All Saints. The old fosse road,
the Radford canal, and the Kennet and Avon canal, pass
through the parish.