SHEPTON-MALLET, (Somerset) bet. Frome-Selwood and Glastonbury, 2 m. from Wells, 92 cm. 111 mm. from London, was many
successions in the family of Mallet, and then came to the Beauchamps; one of whom in the R. of Edw. II. obtained a Mt.
here on M. which is now on F. and a Fair on the Eve-day and Morrow of St. Barnabas. It was afterwards the estate of Thomas
Ld. De la War. The Pr. of Wales is Ld. of part of it, as are also the co-heirs of the late Mr. Parker. It is a T. of above
1200 houses and 9000 souls, with some considerable clothiers, it being well-watered with rivulets for their business; but
it stands on hills, and the streets are very narrow, steep, and irregular. It is governed by a constable.