GOATHILL, a parish in the hundred of HORETHORNE, county of SOMERSET, 2 miles (E.) from Sherborne, containing 20 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £3. 11. 10. The Earl of Digby was patron in 1797. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.