Hawkchurch, Devon

Description
Hawkchurch, a village and a parish in Dorsetshire. The village stands near the boundary with Devonshire and the river Axe, 4 miles from Chard Road station on the L. & S.W.B., and has a post office under Axminster; money order and telegraph office, Axminster. The parish comprises the tith-ings of Wyldecourt and Phillyholme. Acreage, 4088; population, 571. The manor belonged to Ceme Abbey, and was given at the dissolution to John Leigh. Lambert's Castle Hill rises to an altitude of about 990 feet, and has traces of a Roman camp. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury; gross value, £560 with residence. Patrons, Reble College, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1862, on the site and after the model of a previous one; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with vestry, porch, and tower, and shows different styles in good amalgamation-the nave being Norman, the aisles and chancel Decorated English, and the tower Perpendicular English. There is likewise a Congregational chapel.