BURNETT, a parish in the hundred of KEYNSHAM,
county of SOMERSET, 2 miles (S. by E.) from Keynsham,
containing 75 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bath, and diocese  of
Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £5.10.7.,
and in the patronage of the Mayor and Corporation of
Bristol. The. church is dedicated to St. Michael. The
village, which is small and. compact, is situated on the
river Chew, and was formerly part of the manor of
Keynsham, which, with the advowson, was purchased by
John Whiston, Esq., alderman of Bristol, who assigned
it in trust to feoffees, for the endowment of the " Red-
Maids' school" founded by him at Bristol.