CHEDDON-FITZPAINE, a parish in the hundred of TAUNTON-and-TAUNTON-DEAN, county of SOMERSET, 2-f miles '(N. by E.) from Taunton, containing 272 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £ 13. 10. 10., and in the patronage of the Rev. F. Warre. The navigable river Tone runs on the south of the parish, and the Taunton and Bridgwater canal passes through it. A school for children of both sexes is supported by some small bequests, and is under the direction of the minister.