Burrington, Devon

Description
Burrington, a parish in Devonshire, on the rivers Mole and Taw, 2 miles from South Molton Road station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post office under Chulmleigh, which is the money order office; telegraph office, South Molton Road (S.O.) Acreage, 5349 ; population, 678. The manor belonged anciently to Tavistock Abbey, and belongs now to the Earl of Portsmouth. Northcote belonged once to the Hankfords, passed to the Pollards, and belongs now to the Buckinghams. The surface of the parish is diversified, and shows some romantic scenery. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £272 with residence. The church is an edifice of different dates from about 1150 to 1550, and was restored in 1869, consists of nave, chancel, and south aisle, with an embattled tower, and has a handsome carved oak screen. The piers supporting the roof arc solid monoliths of granite.