Description
Staple Fitzpaine, a parish, with a village, in Somerset,. 5 1/2 miles SE by S of Taunton station on the G.W.R. Post. town, Taunton. Acreage, 3029; population of the civil parish, 209; of the ecclesiastical, 345. The manor belongs. to Lord Portman. The living is a rectory, united with, Bickenhall, in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £320 with residence. Patron, Viscount Portman. The church is Later English, with a fine tower. There are alms-houses for six inmates.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
