POINTINGTON, a parish in the hundred of HORETHORNE,
county of SOMERSET, 2 miles (N. by E.)
from Sherborne, containing 162 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese
of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at
£ 13. 8. 4., and in the patronage of Lord Wfflcugb.h,y de
Broke. The church is dedicated to All Saints.