SPAXTON, a parish in the hundred of CANNINGTON,
county of SOMERSET, 5 miles (W.) from Bridgwater,
containing 816 inhabitants. The living is a rec-
tory, in the archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of
Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £24. 8. 9.,
and in the patronage of the Rev. William Gordon. The
church is dedicated to St. Margaret. The Rev. Joseph
Cook, in 1708, bequeathed lands producing a liberal income
for the maintenance of six poor persons in an
hospital, for teaching poor children, and other charitable
purposes.