LOVINGTON, a parish in the hundred of CATSASH,
county of SOMERSET, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Castle-
Cary, containing 206 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage
of the Dean and Chapter of Wells, endowed with
£800 royal bounty. The church is dedicated to St.
Thomas a Becket. John Whitehead, in 1715, bequeathed
certain land, and James Clarke subsequently gave a
house, the income arising from which is £9, and is
applied to the instruction of twelve poor children.