Farway, Devon

Description
Farway, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands in a picturesque valley, flanked by bold hills, 4 miles S by E of Honiton town and station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post office under Honiton; money order and telegraph office, Honiton. The parish comprises 2587 acres; population, 292. Farway manor was given at the Conquest to the Bishop of Constance, in Normandy, and passed to the Poles, the Courtenays, and others. Netherton manor belonged to Canonsleigh Abbey, was purchased after the dissolution by Sir B. Drake, belongs now to the Prideaux-Brune family, and has a mansion of the time of James I. called Netherton Hall. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £280 with residence. The church is partly of the year 1628, but has traces of Norman, consists of nave, chancel, and north aisle, with western tower, and contains monuments to the families of Prideaux, Gould, and Atkinson; it was entirely restored in 1876. The N aisle of the church was rebuilt in 1628. It has massive Norman columns, &c. Broad Down, in the parish, is remarkable for its ancient British barrows. Farway Castle, on the highest ground, is a circular entrenchment 200 feet in diameter, surrounded by a bank.