Berry-Pomeroy, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands l 1/2 mile E by N of Totnes station on the G.W.R. The parish includes also Bridgetown a suburb of Totnes, on the river Dart. Post town, Totnes. Acreage, 4483; population, 1073. Berry-Pomeroy Castle, on a rock, surrounded with wooded heights, in the neighbourhood of the village, was built by Ralph de Pomeroy, a follower of the Conqueror; inhabited by his descendants till 1549; conveyed then to Protector Somerset; enlarged soon after, with magnificent additions, at a cost of upwards of £20,000; inhabited, for the last time, by Sir Edward Seymour in the time of James II.; and traditionally said to have been destroyed by lightning. The ivy-mantled walls of it, the great gateway, a round tower, a Tudor front of Protector Somerset's addition, and part of a Jacobean court of the time of Charles I., are still standing, shattered and unroofed, and form, with the accompaniments of the dell and the woods, a very romantic object. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £280 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Somerset. The church is an ancient Btructure of nave, chancel, and aisles, and contains a handsome screen and tombs of the Seymours. John Prince, author of the " Worthies of Devon," was vicar for forty-two years, and lies interred in the church. In 1879 the interior was thoroughly restored at a cost of about £3000.
