Bow or Nymet-Tracey a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands on the slope of a hill, and on the L. & S.W.R.,-188 miles from London, and 7g- W by N of Crediton, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office, Bow (R.S.O., North Devon), and a railway station. It was formerly a market-town. The parish is called also Nymet-Tracey. Acreage, 2867; population of the civil parish, 724; of the ecclesiastical, including Broad Nymet,. 790. The manor belonged anciently to the Traceys. Collaton House and Gratton House are fine modern mansions. the living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Broad-Nymet, in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £422 with residence. The church stands about a mile from the village, and has a low square tower; it was restored in 1889. There is a Congregational chapel. In 1884 a detached part of the parish, known as Appledore, was amalgamated with Clannaborough.
