Berrynarbour, Devon

Description
Berrynarbor, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands on an eminence on the coast, 3 1/2- miles E of Ilfracombe station on the L. & S.W.R., and has a post and telegraph office under Ilfracombe, which is the money order office. It contains a richly sculptured mansion of the time of Edward IV. The parish comprises 4980 acres; population, 652. Bowden farmhouse was the birthplace of Bishop Jewel. A small circular camp occurs about 1/2 a mile from the shore. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £480 with residence. The church has a Norman arch, an Early English chancel, a Perpendicular nave, a Decorated, high, massive tower, was restored in 1862, and again in 1887. There is a Congregational chapel.