Bridestow, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village lies in a pleasant valley near Dartmoor, 6 miles SW of Okehampton, and has a station on the L. & S.W.R., 204 miles from London. It was formerly called Bridgetstow, and has a post office (R.S.O.); money order office, Okehampton; telegraph office, Bridestow (R.S.O.) The parish comprises 5687 acres ; population of the civil parish, 586 ; of the ecclesiastical, 589. Millaton House is the seat of the Newton family, and contains a collection of natural history objects from Dartmoor, and Leawood was long the seat of the Calmady family, and is now the seat of the Hamlyn family. The living is a rectory united with the perpetual curacy of Sourton in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £256 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The church is very old, has a curious Norman gateway, and was restored in 1866. There are also Congregational, Wesleyan, and Bible Christian chapels.
