In the Domesday Book of 1086 Roger de Courcelles held five hides at Catcott, which were recorded with Glastonbury Abbey's Shapwick estate.

The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning.

[3] It is also part of the Wells and Mendip Hills constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

[4] The nearest station was Edington Burtle on the Highbridge Branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Catcott, Edington and Chilton Moors SSSI is a 1,083 hectares (2,680 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest consisting of land south of the River Brue managed by Somerset Wildlife Trust and is known for the variety of the bird life.