Dunsford, Devon

Description
Dunsford, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands on the river Teign, 4 miles NE of Moreton Hampstead station on the G.W.R., and 7 1/4 WSW of Exeter, and has a post and money order office under Exeter; telegraph office, Moreton Hampstead. The parish comprises 6042 acres; population, 665. The Fulford estate here has belonged to the Fulford family since the time of Richard I., and the manor-house on it, erected in the time of Elizabeth, was garrisoned for Charles I. by Col. Sir Francis Fulford, but surrendered to Sir Thomas Fairfax. A cattle fair is held yearly on the Monday after 8 Sept. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter; value, £254 with residence. The church is excellent, with square turreted tower-the chancel was mostly rebuilt in 1846�and contains some fine monuments of the Fulfords. There is a Baptist chapel.