Huish (North) Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870 Please notify me of any errors. Contact.
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Pages 819 - 820 HUISH (NORTH) is parish in Totnes union, containing, by the census of 1861, 432 inhabitants, and 2662 acres; in the deanery of Plympton, archdeaconry of Totnes, diocese of Exeter, hundred of Stanborough, South Devonshire; 3 miles south-east from Kingsbridge Road Station, on the South Devon Railway, and 5 east from Ivybridge, on the banks of the river Avon. The rectory, in the incumbency of the Rev. Edward Kitson, M.A., had the tithes commuted, in 1849; at £490 per annum, with residence and 74A.3R.35P. of glebe land; it is in the patronage of Deane Comins, Esq. The Church is an ancient edifice, in the Perpendicular style (dedication unknown), consisting of nave, chancel, and a small north aisle to the memory of the Butterford Family, and South aisle, with the tower, containing five bells, and surmounted by a spire. The whole has just been new roofed, and is now being reseated and otherwise restored. There is a fine old hexagonal stone font bearing 1662. A mural monument, dated 1790, to the memory of Richard Strode, Esq., bears the following extraordinary inscription: -
There is a National School for children of both sexes, and the Baptists have a place of worship here. The poor have the interest of £200, bequeathed by the Rev. Peter Perring, a former rector, which is distributed annually in food, fuel, and clothing, amongst the aged and infirm not receiving parochial relief. LUPRIDGE and part of NEWHOUSE are hamlets of this parish. BUTTERFORD, the residence of Mr. Samuel Cockrem, is a spacious house about a quarter of a mile from the village, situate on rising ground, commanding extensive views of the surrounding neighbourhood, and from the salubrity of the air, frequently resorted to by invalids.
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