HATCH-BEAUCHAMP, a parish in the hundred
of ABDICK-AND-BULSTONE, county of SOMERSET, 6
miles (N. W. by N.) fromllminster, containing 245 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the
king's books at £13. 5. 2., and in the patronage of the
Rev. W. G. Dymock. The church, dedicated to St.
John the Baptist, isvp, handsome edifice, consisting of a
nave, aisle, chancel, and south porch, with an embattled
tower at the west end: the altar-piece is a fine painting
of the Descent from the Cross. There is a place of worship
for Baptists. License for a market and a fair, both
long since disused, was obtained by John de Beauchamp,
lord of the manor, in 1301.