RIMPTON, a parish forming a distinct portion of the hundred of TAUNTON-and-TAUNTON-DEAN, county of SOMERSET, 6 miles (N. E. by N.) from Yeovil, containing 219 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £9. 19. 9., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.