BRENT (SOUTH), a parish in the hundred of
BRENT-with-WRINGTON, county of SOMERSET, 6 miles
(S. W. by W.) from Axbridge, containing 764 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of
Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the
king's books at £25. 17. 8., and in the patronage of
the Archdeacon of Wells. The church is dedicated to
St. Michael. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. A fair for cattle was formerly held on Old
Michaelmas-day.