WHIT-STAUNTON, a parish forming a distinct portion of the southern division of the hundred of PETHERTON, being locally in that of Kingsbury, county of SOMERSET, 3 miles (W.N.W.) from Chard, containing 327 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and' Wells, rated in the king's books at £14. 2. 11., and in the patronage of Isaac Elton, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew.