Description
Brushford, a parish in Devonshire, 3 miles from Eggesford station on the L. & S.W.R., and 5 S by W of Chumleigh. Post town, Wembworthy, which is the money order office; telegraph office, Winkleigh. Acreage, 923; population, 69. The manor belonged anciently to Hartland Abbey, and has belonged since the time of Elizabeth to the Luxton family. The living is a private curacy in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £51. The church consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower. It was restored in 1878.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
