Lapford, Devon

Description
Lapford, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands on the river Yeo, and has a station on the L. & S.W.R, 190 miles from London, and 9 NW of Crediton. It has a post and telegraph office under Morchard Bishop; money order office, Morchard Bishop. The parish contains Eastington hamlet, and comprises 3568 acres; population of the civil parish, 497; of the ecclesiastical, 508. The surface exhibits picturesque scenery, and vantage grounds on it command views to the Dartmoor Hills. One farm lies detached, about 6 miles from the village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £500 with residence. The church was founded about 1288, comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel, and the chancel was rebuilt and the rest repaired in 18fi9. A chapel on a farm, and degraded to the lowest of farm uses, was built in 1434, and has walls 4 feet thick and a circular ceiling. There are Congregational and Bible Christian chapels; also several fine residences in the vicinity.