MONKSILVER, a parish in the hundred of WILLITON-and-FREEMANNERS, county of SOMERSET, 7 miles (N. by W.) from Wiveliscombe, containing 306 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £9. 8. l., and in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is dedicated to All Saints.