Iddesleigh, Devon

Description
Iddesleigh, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands on the E side of the valley of the Torridge, 4 miles NE of Hatherleigh, and 7 1/4 SW of Eggesford station on the L. & S.W.R., was known to the Saxons as leddeslegh, and is a pretty place amid romantic scenery. It has a post office under Winkleigh; money order and telegraph office, Hatherleigh. Acreage, 2987; population, 377. The manor belonged in the time of William Rnfns to the De Sullys- one of whom made a great figure as a crusader; passed in the time of Henry VIII. to Sir John Leger, and belongs now to the Earl of Iddesleigh. Sir Stafford Northcote, the first earl, took his title from the village. Ash House formerly belonged to the ancient family of Mallett, but is now the property of the Smyth-Osbourne family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £460 with residence. The church was thoroughly restored in 1879, comprises nave, aisles, and chance!, with a tower, and contains many monumental tablets.