PITCOMB, a parish in the hundred of BRUTON,
county of SOMERSET, 1 mile (S. W.) from Bruton,
containing, with the tythings of Cole and Hadspen,
431 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in
the archdeaconry of Bath, and diocese of Bath and
Wells, endowed with £600 royal bounty, and £200
parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of Sir R. C.
Hoare, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard;
in the churchyard is an ancient stone cross, the top of
which is a cross patee perfect. In the neighbouring
meadows, the banks of the fish, ponds formerly belonging
to Glastonbury abbey may still be traced.