Georgeham, Devon

Description
Georgeham, a parish in Devonshire, on the coast, 8 miles NW by W of Barnstaple town, and 3 from Braunton station on the L. & S.W.R. It contains the hamlet of Croyde, and has a post office under Braunton (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Croyde. Acreage, 4160; population, 747. The manor belongs to Earl Fortescue. The coast extends to Croyde and Morte Bays, and to the narrow promontorial headland of Baggy Point, and is highly picturesque. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, £465 with residence. The church is ancient but good, has a square embattled tower, and contains the tomb of a crusader and several other monuments. In 1876-77, the church was almost entirely rebuilt at a considerable cost. Two persons, husband and wife, who had been married upwards of 75 years, and each of whom died at the age of 101 in 1817, are buried in the churchyard. There are two chapels at Croyde.