Description
Calverleigh, a parish in Devonshire, 2 1/2 miles NW of Tiverton railway station. Post town, Tiverton, whicli is the money order and telegraph office. Population, 77. The manor belonged from the time of King John till that of Henry VIII. to the Calwoodleys, and belongs now to the Chichesters. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, £150. The church, with a low turreted tower, dates from the middle of the 14th century, and has been recently restored.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
