LITTLETON (HIGH), a parish in the hundred of
CHEWTON, county of SOMERSET, 9 miles (S. W. by W.)
from Bath, containing, with Hallabrow, 864 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 £7. 7. 8., endowed with £200 private
benefaction, £400 royal bounty, and £1400 parliamentary
grant. Mr. W. B. Barter and Mrs. Barter were patrons
in 1804. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity,
has been enlarged with one hundred and forty-four additional
sittings, of which ninety are free, the Incorporated
Society for enlarging churches and chapels having contributed
£ 80 towards defraying the expense. There is a
place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The substratum
of the soil of this and the neighbouring parishes
is coal, which is worked to a considerable extent.