Luppitt, Devon

Description
Luppitt, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands 2 miles W of the river Otter, and 5 NNE of Honiton station on the L. & S.W.R., and has a post office under Honiton; money order office, Up-Ottery; telegraph office, Honiton. The parish includes the tithing of Shap-combe, and comprises 5072 acres; population, 557. The manor belonged anciently to the Mohuns and the Carews, and bears the name of Mohun's Ottery. The ancient manor house became a farmhouse, was destroyed by fire in 1847, and is now represented by three entrance-arches, with some beautiful carving. A monastery stood anciently on a low site within the parish, and was dissolved by William de Mohun at his founding of the Abbey of Newnham. The name Luppitt was anciently written Love Pit, and is supposed to allude to the site of the monastery. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter; tithe rent charge, £140 with residence. The church is ancient; consists of nave, chancel, with porch and tower, and contains a recessed tomb said to be of the Carew family.