Description
Kentisbeare, a parish in Devonshire, near the river Cuime, and 3 1/2 miles NE by E of Collumpton station on the G.W.R. It has a fair on Whit-Wednesday; a post and money order office under Collumpton; telegraph office, Collumpton. Acreage, 4500; population, 812. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; value,, £340 with residence. The church is of the 14th century; comprises nave, chancel, and S aisle, with W pinnacled tower, and contains a finely-carved screen, and monuments of the Walronds, the Eveleighs, and the Whitings. The building has been restored. There are a Baptist chapel, reading-room, and library.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
