STOWELL, a parish in the hundred of HORETHORNE, county of SOMERSET, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Wincanton, containing 102 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £6. 15., and in the patronage of W. M. Dodington, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene.