COMPTON-DANDO, a parish in the hundred of
KEYNSHAM, county of SOMERSET, 2 miles (E. by N.)
from Pensford, containing 344 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Bath,
and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's
books at £5.10. 5., and in the patronage of the Bishop
of Bath and Wells. The church is dedicated to St.
Mary. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
The river Chew runs through this parish,
which is also crossed by the ancient Belgic boundary
line, called Wansdyke.