Alphington, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village is near the river Exe, 1 3/4 mile S of Exeter station on the G.W.R. and L. & S.W.R. It was one of the headquarters of Fairfax's army, in 1646, at the blockading of Exeter. The parish comprises 2736 acres; population, 1048. It has a post and money order office under Exeter; telegraph office, St Thomas, Exeter. The manor was acquired in the reign of Richard II. by the family of the Earl of Devon, and the greater part of it continues still in their possession. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter, net value, £650. The church contains a Norman font with interlaced arches, scroll ornaments, and grotesque figures over the arches; has a red turreted tower in Perpendicular English; and was thoroughly restored in 1879. The Exeter Ship Canal passes through this parish.
