LYNCOMB, a parish, joint with Widcomb, in the
hundred of BATH-FORUM, county of SOMERSET, adj'acent
to the city of Bath, containing 5880 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of St. Peter
and St. Paul, Bath, in the archdeaconry of Bath, and
diocese of Bath and Wells, and in the patronage of the
Corporation of Bath. The parish is separated from the
city of Bath by the river Avon, and the Rennet and
Avon canal passes through it; the hills in the neighbourhood
are very productive of freestone. There is an hospital
for idiots, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, with
a chapel annexed, which latter has been partly rebuilt
by subscription.