HOLTON, a parish in the hundred of WHITLEY, though locally in that of Horethorne, county of SOMERSET, 2 miles (S. W. by W.) from Wincanton,containing 235 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 £8. 0. 2., endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty. John Gibbs, Esq. was patron in 1785. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas.