SELWORTHY, a parish in the hundred of CARHAMPTON,
county of SOMERSET, 4 miles (W.) from
Minehead, containing 483 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of
Bath and Wells, rated in- the king's books at £12. ] 5.5.,
and in the patronage of Sir T. D. Acland, Bart. The
church, dedicated to All Saints, is a neat edifice in the
decorated style, with a plain embattled tower; the roofs
of the nave, chancel, and south aisle, are each divided
into small square compartments, enriched with figures
curiously carved in wood, and supported by two rows
of pillars and arches of a peculiarly light and graceful
construction. There are remains of two chapels, one at
Tivington, now used as a school-room, the other at
West Lynch, converted into a barn. On a hill to the
north-west of the church are vestiges of an ancient
encampment, called Bury Castle; it is of an elliptical
form, with a rampart of earth and stones, enclosing
an area of about an acre and a half.