SPARKFORD, a parish in the hundred of CATSASH,
county of SOMERSET, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from
Castle-Cary, containing 273 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of
Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £12.16. 3.,
and in the patronage of James Bennett, Esq. The
church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, has lately
received an addition of sixty-seven sittings, of which
sixty-two are free, the Incorporated Society for the
enlargement of churches and chapels having granted
£40 towards defraying the expense.