Inwardleigh, Devon

Description
Inwardleigh, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands on a headstream of the river Torridge, 3A miles NNW of Okehampton station on the L. & S.W.R., was formerly called Ingerley, and is a scattered place. Post town, Exboume; money order and telegraph office, Okehampton. Acreage, 6108; population, 519. The manor belonged till the time of Edward III. to the Coffin family, and belongs now to Viscount Portman. A handsome mansion and a deer park of the Coffins were once here, but have disappeared. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £300 with residence. The church is ancient; comprises nave, aisles, and chancel, and has a tower which was shattered by lightning about 1817. There are Baptist, Wesleyan, and Bible Christian chapels.