Seavington St Michael, a parish 4 m.  E. of Ilminster.  The church is small, without tower or aisles.  It retains two piscinas and an ancient font; and built into the side walls are two boldly carved heads (perhaps originally supports of the Lenten veil).  Outside, exposed to the weather, is the effigy of a woman.

Selworthy, a charming village 4 m.  W. of Minehead, on the road to Porlock.  It is best reached from Holnicote, along a pleasant shady lane, 1/2 m. long.  There is much to repay the visitor.  The church (Perp.) has a curious pew over the S. porch, and the S. aisle (rebuilt in 1490) has a very good roof.  The mouldings of the arcade piers should be observed, and two of the capitals have the Devonshire foliage.  Note, too (1) piscinas in the chancel and S. aisle, (2) fragments of early glass in the E. window of the N. aisle, (3) some 16th and 17th-cent. brasses.  On the road to the church is a 15th-cent. tithe-barn; whilst W. of the church, lying in a hollow, are some interesting almhouses, known as “Selworthy Green.” Selworthy Beacon, rising above the village, is 1014 ft. above the sea.

Shapwick, a village 4-1/2 m.  W. of Glastonbury, situated on the Poldens.  Its church has a central tower (no transepts) supported on E.E. arches.  There are piscinas in the S. and N. walls of the aisles, and a large mural monument of the 17th cent.; otherwise it contains nothing of interest.

Shepton Beauchamp, a village 4 m.  N.E. of Ilminster, and about the same distance S.W. of Martock.  The church has a fair tower, which (like that of Hinton St George) is lighted by a single large window, common to the belfry stage and the stage below.  The W. face has in a niche the figure of a bishop or a mitred abbot; the S. side has St Michael.  The tower arch is panelled and the vault groined.  The arcade has pointed, chamfered arches, supported on octagonal pillars, and there is a small clerestory.  The massive character of one of the piers of the arcade suggests that the church originally had a central tower.  The chancel has a Dec.  E. window (restored), a piscina, and triple sedilia, E.E.  There is also a piscina in the N. chapel.  The font is ancient.  There is an old Perp. house opposite the church, now used as an institute.

SHEPTON MALLET, a market town of 5238 inhabitants, on the S.E. slope of the Mendips, 5 m.  E. from Wells.  It has two railway stations, one (S. & D.) putting it in touch with Bath and Templecombe, the other (G.W.R.) with Wells and Frome.  The ancient Fosse Way skirts the town on the E. It is a place of some antiquity, deriving its name from its former connection with the Mallets of Curry Mallet, and has had a career of respectable commercial mediocrity.  Cloth, crape, and knitted stockings once formed its staple trade; but its present prosperity rests chiefly on beer, a gigantic brewery being now its principal business institution.  The town has few attractions