STOWEY (OVER), a parish in the hundred of CANNINGTON, county of SOMERSET, 8 miles (W. by N.) from Bridg-water, containing 587 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £7. 1. 5., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. The manufacture of silk is here carried on to a small extent.