 By 1252 Adam the Dane then became known as Seavington Dennis.From 1483 to 1539 it was held by Glastonbury Abbey and after the dissolution of the monasteries he passed it to Winchester College, who held it until 1932.Seavington St Michael—the smaller of the two villages with 57 dwellings and 125 inhabitants—appears to have become the more important since the motor car forced the building of New Road to straighten the London to Exeter route early in the 20th century, thus by-passing Seavington St Mary.