Curry Mallet, a parish 2-1/2 m.  E. of Hatch Beauchamp Station, gets its distinguishing name from the same Norman lords who once owned Shepton Mallet and who had a castle here.  Its church, which has a good deal of panel-work, contains a large altar-tomb, and some quaint 17th-cent. mural monuments.  Note piscina in N. aisle.

Curry, North, is a considerable and attractive village, 2 m.  S.E. of Durston, lying off the main roads.  It has a fine church resembling in plan its neighbour of Stoke St Gregory, being cruciform, with a central octagonal tower.  In the main it is Perp., but preserves earlier work in the N. door (Norm.), the base of the tower (E.E.), and the S. transept (which has a Dec. window).  Note (1) the fine S. porch; (2) the effigies N. of the chancel and in the N. aisle; (3) piscina in N. aisle.  Read, too, the account (preserved in the vestry) of the Reeves’ Feast, dating from the time of King John, but discontinued in 1868.  The churchyard cross has a modern shaft on an old base.

Curry Rivel, 2 m.  W.S.W. of Langport, is a large village with an interesting church.  It has a lofty tower, with the belfry window intersecting the string course; the arch is panelled and the vault groined.  There is also a fine groined vault to the S. porch (which has a good stoup outside).  The oldest portion of the church is the N. chapel, which has a good deal of Dec. work (note the ball-flower ornament).  This chapel contains three foliated recesses in the N. wall, each with an effigy (said to belong to the L’Orti family), and also a tomb of Robert Jennings (d. 1593).  Between the chapel and chancel is another tomb of later date with effigies of Marmaduke and Robert Jennings, surrounded by figures of their families.  Both the N. and S. chapels retain their piscinas and have screens.  There is some fine ancient glass in the N. aisle; and both this and the S. aisle have good roofs.  Note, too, the bench-ends.

The tall column, visible from the Taunton road, is the Parkfield Monument, erected in 1768 by the Earl of Chatham to the memory of Sir William Pynsent, who bequeathed to him the neighbouring estate of Burton.

Cutcombe, a large parish 7 m.  S.W. from Dunster.  It includes Wheddon Cross, the highest point of the road between Dunster and Minehead (nearly 1000 ft. above sea-level).  The scenery is very beautiful, Dunkery being a conspicuous feature in the prospect.  The church, which is 1/2 m. from the main road, has undergone extensive restoration, and has for the archaeologist little interest.  In the graveyard is the base of an ancient cross, with modern shaft and head.

Dinder, a village 2 m.  E. of Wells, picturesquely situated in the valley which runs up from the city to Shepton.  The church (Perp.) forms a graceful addition to the landscape.  Within is a Jacobean stone pulpit (1621), and there is some old glass in a window above it.  In the churchyard is the base of a cross with modern shaft. Dinder House stands directly in front of the house, and another mansion, Sharcombe, crowns the hill behind.  The serrated ridge on the other side of the Wells road is Dulcot Hill.