BAWDRIP, a parish in the northern division of the
hundred of PETHERTON, county of SOMERSET, 3 miles
(N.E.byE.) from Bridg-water, containing 372 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the
king's books at £ 15. 19- 7., and in the patronage of Sir
Henry Nicholls, Knt., surviving trustee of Admiral Sir
H. Nicholls.