KINGSTON-SEYMOUR, a parish in the hundred
of CHEWTON, though locally in that of Winterstoke,
county of SOMERSET, 8 miles (N. by "W.) from Axbridge,
containing 320 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Bath, and diocese of Bath
and Wells, rated in the king's books at £29.3. 111., and
in the patronage of John Hugh Smyth Pigott, Esq. The
church is dedicated to All Saints: the altar-piece is
adorned with a painting of the Transfiguration, by
Smi-rlce. The parish is bounded on the south by the
river Yeo, and" on the west by the Bristol channel, the
waters of which make frequent irruptions into the
adjoining lands, two of which, in 1606 and 1703, are
commemorated by inscriptions in the church. The
manor- house, erected in the reign of Edward IV.,
though it has undergone many alterations, is still interesting
on account of its antiquity.