pared away.  The chancel contains the only extant specimen in Somerset of a frid stool, a rough seat let into the sill of the N. window of the sacrarium for the accommodation of any one claiming sanctuary.  Note (1) piscinas of different dates in chancel; (2) change of design in arcading of nave, showing subsequent lengthening of church—­the earlier columns stand on Norm. bases; (3) rood-loft doorway and ancient pulpit stairs near modern pulpit; (4) Jacobean lectern and Bible of 1611.  The “Bonville” chantry, S. of chancel, contains a 15th-cent. altar-tomb with recumbent effigies of Sir H. Fitzroger and wife, and a modern mural tablet with medallion to Viscountess Waldegrave.  In the churchyard is a weather-worn but fine cross, with a canopied crucifix.  The Communion plate is pre-Reformation, dating from 1511.  The neighbouring Priory (Earl Waldegrave) is an unpretentious modern building, occupying the site of an ancient Benedictine house, afterwards tenanted by Carthusians.  Portions of the old causeway which once connected the priory with the church are still traceable.

Chilcompton, a village picturesquely situated at the bottom of a valley through which flows a rivulet.  The stream forms a pretty margin to the village street.  The church was entirely rebuilt in 1839, and a chancel of better type added in 1897.  On the hill above, which commands an attractive view of the vale, is a station (S. & D.).

Chillington, a small village 4 m.  N.W. from Crewkerne.  It has a Perp. church possessing an early font and some well-preserved early Communion plate.

Chilthorne Domer, a village 3 m.  N.W. of Yeovil, has a small church with some interesting features.  Like the churches of Ashington and Brympton, it has no tower but a curious square bell-cot over the W. gable.  There is a piscina attached to the N. pier of the chancel arch.  Some of the windows are Dec., and a lancet in the S. wall has the interior arch foliated.  The remains of a second piscina are observable on the sill of one of the chancel windows.  Under a recess in the chancel is an effigy of a knight in chain armour, supposed to be Sir William Domer or Dummer (temp. Edward I.).  The Jacobean pulpit bears the date 1624.

Chilton Cantelo, a village 5 m.  N. of Yeovil (nearest stat.  Marston Magna, 2-1/2 m.), which gets its name from the Cantilupe family.  The church, which has been rebuilt, has a good tower, with pinnacled buttresses and a row of quatrefoils under the belfry storey.  The body of the building retains four piscinas (in the chancel and the two transepts).  Most of the windows have foliated rear arches.  Note, too, the screen and the massive font.

Chilton-upon-Polden a village 1 m.  S.E. of Cossington Station, possessing a church rebuilt in 1888-89.

Chilton Priory is the church-like structure by the side of the main road from Bridgwater to Wells, about half a mile from Chilton village.  It is a modern building, though incorporating old material said to belong to a Benedictine priory, and was once a museum.  The top of the tower commands a fine view both of the plain of Sedgemoor and the Brue Level, with the Quantocks and Mendips in the background.