Description
Dunterton, a parish in Devonshire, on the river Tamar, 5 miles SE by S of Launceston, and 4 SSW of Lifton station on the G.W.R. It contains the hamlet of Eastacott, and its post town is Milton-Abbot, under Tavistock; money order office, Lifton ; telegraph office, Launceston. Acreage, 1206 ; population, 86. A fine waterfall, over a rocky precipice 100 high, occurs in a stream flowing to the Tamar. There are two ancient mounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, £309 with residence. The church is chiefly Decorated English, consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with a handsome tower, and is in good condition. A chantry chapel stood in Chapel-Field, and the remains of it were converted into a cow-house.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
