WANSTROW, a parish in the hundred of FROME, county of SOMERSET, 5 miles (N. N. E.) from Bruton, containing, with the hamlet of Weston, 397 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the Ring's books at £13. 9. 9., and in the patronage of the: Rev. George M. Bethune. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. A new road has been formed in this parish, which has added considerably to its local advantages.