Description
Goodleigh, a parish in Devonshire, on the river Yeo, 2 1/2 miles ENE of Barnstaple town and station on the L. & S.W.R. It includes the hamlet of Nortbleigh, and its post town is Barnstaple. Acreage, 1167; population, 239. The land is very fertile, and has long been noted for the production of cherries. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value, £190 with residence. The church was built in 1882 on the site of one which had fallen into decay. The square pinnacled tower was built in the time of Charles IL There are Congregational and Bible Christian chapels.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
