CHINNOCK (EAST), a parish in the hundred of
HouNDSBOROuGH-BERWICK-and-COKER, county of
SOMERSET, 5 miles (S. W. by W.) from Yeovil, containing
581 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells,
rated in the king's books at £6. 7. 8., and in the
patronage of the Crown. About a mile west from the
church there is a spring of brackish water, whence salt
may be extracted. A school is endowed with a small
annuity paid by the trustees of property bequeathed
for divers charitable purposes.