West Quantoxhead or St Audries (ie. St Etheldreda) is a small village near the N Somerset coast which lies on the route of the Coleridge Way and on the A39 at the foot of the Quantock Hills, about 13 miles NW of Bridgwater. The village was largely moved to nearby Staple by the lords of the manor in the 18th and 19thc. The church of St Etheldreda, formerly of the 13th-15thc, was rebuilt in 1854-56 to a late 13thc design by John Norton. It now consists of nave, chancel and vestry, N and S aisles, NW tower and S porch. The Romanesque font was retained from the previous church.

Two estates are recorded by DB in the parish of West Quantoxhead; the first, of 3½ hides, was held in 1086 by William de Mohun (I) as part of a fee held in 1066 by Elnod the reeve. By 1166 it was held of William (III) de Mohun (d. 1176) by Roger of Newburgh. The second estate, of 1 hide, at Weacombe, of was held in 1086 under Roger de Courcelles by Geoffrey and William in succession to three thegns.

One of many churches in Somerset with a font which pre-dates the rest of the building.