WINSCOMBE, a parish in the hundred of WINTERSTOKE,
county of SOMERSET, 2 miles (N. by W.)
from Axbridge, containing 1428 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Wells,
and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's
books at £16. 2. 11., and in the patronage of the Dean
and Chapter of Wells. The church, dedicated to St.
Jam as, is a handsome structure, with a stately western
tower crowned with pinnacles. Symons Cardinbrook,
in 1761, gave the residue of his estate to be
applied for teaching poor children: the school-room
was erected by subscription, aided by about £60 from
this bequest; the permanent annual income is £15.