MOORLINCH, a parish in the hundred of WHITLEY, county of SOMERSET, 7 miles (B.) from Bridgwater, containing, with the chapelries of Catcott, Chilton upon Poldon, Edington, and Stawell, and the hamlet of Sutton-Mallet, 1887 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the chapel of Chilton upon Poldon, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £10. H. Bradridge, Esq. was patron in 1818. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Here was a cell to the abbey of Glastonbury.