a market-town of England, Somersetshire, on the left bank of the Cary, 28 miles S.W. of Bath. It has several very narrow streets; an old church, with an octagonal tower; a county jail, occupying the site of an old castle; places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists, schools, and almshouses. Many of the people are employed in glove-making. Pop. of the parish 2140.