HARDINGTON, a parish in the hundred of KILMERSDON, county of SOMERSET, 4 miles (N.W. by N.) from Frome, containing 31 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory with that of Hemington, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £6, and in the patronage of Sir G. Bamfylde, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.