Gidleigh, Devon

Description
Gidleigh or Gidley, a parish in Devonshire, on the river Teign, and on the NE border of Dartmoor, 6 miles WNW of Moreton Hampstead station on the G.W.R., and 16^ W of Exeter. It includes the hamlets of Chapel and Forder, and its post town and money order and telegraph office is Chag-ford. Acreage, 3507; population, 129. The manor belonged, from the Conquest to the time of Edward II., to the family of Prous, and a picturesque fragment of a Norman castle which was their seat still stands near the church. Gidleigh Park is a seat in the neighbourhood, and has grounds and environments of magnificent scenery. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, £90 with residence. The church is old but neat;, and comprises nave, chancel, and aisles.