STAWLEY, a parish in the hundred of MILVERTON, county of SOMERSET, 3 miles (S. W. by S.) from. Wiveliscombe, containing 195 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £ 8. 8. 6. G. Hyde, Esq. was patron in 1819- The church is dedicated to St. Michael.