Weare is a village in the Axminster district of Somserset . Only separated from the Axe river to the N by 600m of water meadow, Weare village is strung out along the N edge of the termination of a line of low hills reaching NW from the important nearby centre of Wedmore. The Mendip Hills are only about 2mi to the N, and Axbridge 2mi to the NE. The church of St Gregory, which is located in the centre of the village, consists of a W tower, nave with S porch and N aisle and a chancel. It is largely 15thc in date but has an 11thc S doorway and Romanesque font.

In DB the manor was owned by Walter of Douai; ownership then passed to the Gaunt, Gourney and Brythemore families. The Gourneys established a borough original called Nether Weare and later Lower Weare, and were granted the right to hold fairs and elect MPs. In 1257 the church was granted to St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol. Alston Sutton was a separate manor at the time of DB. The name means Aethelnoth's settlement and was held in 1286 by Walter de Sutton.

The scalloped detail on the underside of the font bowl is noteworthy.