PITNEY, a parish and a hundred in Somerset. The parish lies 2 miles N E of Langport r. station, contains a village of its own name, and is in Langport district. Post-town, Langport, Somerset. Acres, 1, 500. Real property, £3, 258. Pop., 354. Houses, 78. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire and W. Uttermare, Esq. A fine tesselated pavement was discovered in 1828. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £180.* Patron, Capt. J. Dudman. The church is later English; and consists of nave, S transept, and chancel, with porch and tower. The hundred contains also three other parishes. Acres, 3, 237. Pop., 1,815. Houses, 342.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))