PYLLE, a parish in the hundred of WHITESTONE, county of SOMERSET, 3 miles (S. by W.) from Shepton- Mallet, containing 176 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £8. 19. 9., and in the patronage of E. B. Portman, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Thomas a Becket. The old Roman Fosse-way passes through the parish.