STAPLEGROVE, a parish in the hundred of TAUNTON-and-TAUNTON-DEAN,
county of SOMERSET, 1 mile
(N. W.) from Taunton, containing 403 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Taunton, and
diocese of Bath and Wells, and in the patronage of Vincent
Stuckey, Esq. It was separated from Taunton, and
made a distinct parish, in 1554. The church has lately
received an addition of one hundred, sittings, of which
sixty are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement
of churches and chapels having granted £30
towards defraying the expense. A gift of land, producing
a trifling sum, is applied for teaching poor children.