HORSINGTON, a parish in the hundred of HORETHORNE, county of SOMERSET, 4 miles (S. bgW".) from Wincanton,. containing 925 inhabitants. The.4iving is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and. Wells, rated in the king's books at £18. 6. 0. G. Whitchurch, Esq. and others were patrons in 1798. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist: two hundred free sittings have recently-been added, towards defraying the expense of which the incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels contributed £150. There is a place of worship for Baptists. Martha Wickham bequeathed an annuity of £ 5 for the education of twelve poor children.