WHATLEY, a parish in the hundred of FROME,
county of SOMERSET, 2 miles (W. by S.) from Frome,
containing 354 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and
Wells, rated in the king's books at £12. 17- 1., and
in the patronage of T. S. Homer, Esq. The church,
dedicated to St. George, has a spire steeple; it is
situated on an eminence separated from the parish of.
Mells by a deep ravine, the sides of which are clothed
with thick woods, and at the bottom runs a small
rivulet. The parish abounds with freestone, under
which is limestone rock to a considerable depth: in
the former are embedded fossil shells, which are also
found in great abundance over the entire surface. On
a bold height, at the western extremity of the parish,
are vestiges of a Roman encampment.