Harberton, Devon

Description
Harberton, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands between the rivers Harborne and Dart, 3 miles SW of Totnes station on the G.W.E., and has a post and money order office under Totnes; telegraph office, Totnes. The parish contains also the hamlets of Harbertonford, Luscombe, Belsford, East Leigh, West Leigh, Little Engle-bourne, and Great Englebonrne. Acreage, 5606; population of the civil parish, 1278; of the ecclesiastical, 678. The manor belonged to the Valletorts, but was afterwards dismembered. There is a large edge-tool manufactory on the Harborne river. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter; value, £340 with residence. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is Later English, and one of the most interesting in Devonshire; consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, and contains a handsome carved oak screen and a richly-carved stone pulpit. The vicarage of Harbertonford is a separate benefice. There is a Wesleyan chapel. In this parish are rocks of excessively hard trapstone, and some blue slate quarries.