SEDGMOOR, (Somerset) a tract on the N. side of the Parret, bet. King's-Weston and Bridgwater, is memorable for the defeat of the D. of Monmouth and his party, in the year 1685, by the forces of K. Ja. II. with the loss of but 18 men. In the 10th year of Will. III. a statute passed for opening the ancient water-courses of this moor, and making new ones, to render it both more healthful and profitable.