SHEPTON-BEAUCHAMP, a parish in the southern
division of the hundred of PETHERTON, county of
SOMERSET, 3 miles (N. E. by E.) from Ilminster, containing
567 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and
Wells, rated in the king's books at £14. 8. q1., and
in the patronage of Robert Dent, Esq. and others. The
church is dedicated to St. Michael. The poor children
of this parish are instructed for £12. 12. a year, arising
from the rent of certain land bequeathed by Thomas
Rich, in 1723, and from £200, the gift of Elizabeth
Morgan, in 1763.