HUNTSPILL, a parish, comprising the tything
of Aston-Morris, in the hundred of BEMPSTONE, but
chiefly in the hundred of HUNTSPILL-AND-PURITON,
county of SOMERSET, 7 miles (N. by E.) from Bridgwater,
and containing 1337 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of
Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £72. 5. 5.,
and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of
Balliol College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to All
Saints. Here is a place of worship for Baptists. This
parish borders on the Bristol channel, and is , situated
at the mouth of the river Parret, which is navigable
for .vessels of considerable burden up.to Highbridge,
at which hamlet it is crossed by a bridge. A market
formerly held here has been long discontinued. There
are three fairs, toll free; one at Huntspill on June 29th,
and two at Highbridge, on August 10th and December
17th. The Rev. Thomas How, in 1817, bequeathed a
trifling sum for the instruction of ten children. Beautiful
marine shells, of theWentletrap.and Helix species,
abound among the sedge by the sea-side.